Women, especially leaders, holding tête-à-têtes with men to address political impasses have been recognized as shrewd, double headed, or witchlike distinctions that link them with juju or extraordinary, survivalist powers. is a theoretical and analytical book on African women writers that focuses on seven representative novels from different parts of Africa: Bessie Head’s (South Africa/Botswana); Nawal El Saadawi’s (Egypt); Ama Ata Aidoo’s and (Ghana); Assia Djebar’s (Algeria); Calixthe Beyala’s (Cameroon); and Yvonne Vera’s (Zimbabwe). In her analysis, Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi demonstrates how women are viewed and how they operate in critical times. Ogunyemi explains how the heritage is passed on, in spite of dire situations emanating from colonialism, postcolonialism, ethnicism, sexism, and grinding poverty. An important contribution to many fields, is excellent background material for courses on African studies, women’s studies, African Diaspora studies, black studies, global studies, and general literature studies.weiterlesen