CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
Man has often been the very type of humanity that is recognized. Every society sees woman as relative to man. The patriarchal system gave rise to the term feminism. From time immemorial women have been subjugated, oppressed and humiliated. Women have been seen as a second, a wife and rearer of children and nothing more. Feminism as an advocate for the emancipation of women from oppression comes in to loosen the grip of culture and political norms restricting women. It portrays womanhood in a struggle for self-liberation, independence and courage for self and societal growth. Through feminism the societal roles imposed on women are brought to light. These roles have restricted women from discovering their true selves and potentials. However, Neshani Andreas’s The Purple Violet of Oshaantu and Binwell Sinyangwe’s A Cowrie of Hope work hand in hand with the ideology of feminism in examining the oppression and the struggle of the African woman and promoting the awareness of female educational development as a tool for the enhancement of the socio-political and economic empowerment of the African woman. African cultures have always subjected women to oppression, depression, undue victimization and suppression. Feminism makes explicit the idea that African culture is the platform on which patriarchy manifests. It aims at identifying the loopholes in African culture and the society at large.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
i Certification
ii Dedication
iii Acknowledgement
iv Table of contents
v-vii CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Women in the society
Feminism
Feminism in Africa
Theoreticalframe work
Biographyof Neshani Andreas Biography of Binwell Sinyangwe
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction
Review of existing Literature
CHAPTER THREE: FEMINIST AESTHETICS IN THE PURPLE VIOLET OF OSHAANTU
Introduction
Plot of The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Image of Womanhood in The Purple Violet of Oshaantu Feminist tendencies in The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
The Modern Female Character
CHAPTER FOUR: FEMINIST AESTHETICS IN A COWRIE OF HOPE
Introduction
Plot of A Cowrie of Hope
Image of Womanhood in A Cowrie of Hope
Motherhood in A Cowrie of Hope The Modern Female Character
CHAPTER FIVE
Conclusion
Works cited
