Book Review
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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…
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Beyond Monuments: Yvonne Adhiambo’s Dust Women’s Narrative
In every historical book, masculine storytelling, political achievements, and monuments dominate. It’s almost as if the women never existed, so their stories and contributions are buried. In Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust, the novel challenges the…
