The definition and use of the term feminism in African literature poses a number of problems
for African women writers and critics, many of whom tend to deny any affiliation to the …

This article explores Kopano Ratele's paper entitled “Four (African) Psychologies” published
in Theory & Psychology, and written largely as a response to my recent article entitled “What …

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The article argues that emerging African lesbian fiction in English is radically redefining
African feminism, femininity, and society, imagining a social change toward respect for …

Issues of identity are germane in the present-day dispensations of constantly reconstituting
politics, gender identities, personal, national and international relations, especially as …

This paper examines the interplay between polygyny and gender by exploring the way in
which family structure and gender roles are negotiated, imagined and exercised in fiction …

The paper re-examines feminist issues that are prevalent in the African literary discourse.
Many feminist writers have on several occasions alleged lack of adequate, positive, active …

This thesis considers the social stigmatisation of involuntary childlessness in Sub-Saharan
Africa. It explores the socio-legal issues that arise when involuntary childlessness is given a …

Conflict and war are not unique to Nigeria or Africa. It is now a truism that in conflict
situations women are one of the worst hit. The reason is not farfetched: women are in conflict …

This study reflects on the plight of African women and the failure of human rights to respond
fully to it. For an insight into the problems that confront African women, I turn to two novels by …