Book Review
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No Forgiveness Without Justice: Dismantling The Move On Mantra in ‘Daughters Who Walk This Path’
Summary: ‘Daughters Who Walk This Path’ tells the coming-of-age story of Morayo, an intelligent girl who has a peaceful family life, an adoring younger sister, Eniayo and a host of extended family members. Her picture-perfect…
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Beyond Western Waves: Discovering African Feminism in The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga
Summary: In The First Woman, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi illustrates how feminism is not a foreign thing, but a reclaim of the original state of African female power that existed long before colonial and religious suppression.…
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The Myth of Curse: How Men’s Infidelity Became Women’s Destiny Through Oyinkan Braithwaite’s The Cursed Daughters—
Summary: The Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite’s novel centers on the Falodun women, who are bound by a long-standing family curse. This curse has resulted in generations of abandoned women living together in a large,…
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Tools for Change: Chimamanda’s Dear Ijeawele Bold Guide to Unconditional Equality
Summary: “Dear Ijeawele, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie” examines the overlooked, yet accepted, patriarchal norms, all in the name of tradition and biology. Her private letter to a childhood friend becomes a blueprint that advises women…
