Essays about: "Igbo tradition"

Found 2 essays containing the words Igbo tradition.

  1. 1. Kambili’s Journey to Dignity, and Self-empowerment : A Womanist Approach to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Nicky Nahida Lindecrantz; [2022]
    Keywords : change; Christianity; dignity; identity; Igbo tradition; interaction; liberal- and radical feminism; mimicry; Nigeria; patriarchal violence; postcolonialism; self-empowerment; womanism;

    Abstract : Using womanist theory as a theoretical framework, this study has analyzed identity formation and self-empowerment. Adichie is considered a feminist writer, but her ideals and ideas are very different from Western ideals and aim to survive and challenge patriarchal culture. READ MORE

  3. 2. "To Conquer and Subdue" - Okonkwo's Masculinity in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Tim Löfstedt; [2008]
    Keywords : Chinua Achebe; Things Fall Apart; Afica; Afrika i litteraturen; Nigeria; Igbo; gender; masculinity; maskulinitet i litteraturen; manliness; tradition; family; identity; identitet i litteraturen; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines the masculinity of Okonkwo, the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and how it brings about his undoing, despite the fact that he lives in a conservative society where masculinity is revered.... READ MORE