Snail-Sense Feminist Application for Women Empowerment in Selected Works of Ogochukwu and Adichie

Akanmode, Olushola Ayodeji Snail-Sense Feminist Application for Women Empowerment in Selected Works of Ogochukwu and Adichie. MAJELS Madonna Journal Of English & Literary Studies.

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Abstract

In an attempt to analyse the challenges encountered by women in Nigerian literary context, Akachi Ezeigbo came up with Snail-sense feminism as a viable option to tackle women's problems and to fill the gaps of non-consideration of western education and self-identity to promote women empowerment. The aim of this study is to deploy the Snail-sense feminist model, derived from the habit of the snail and which advocates dialogue, negotiation, good education and individual empowerment, to advocate for women emancipation and empowerment in Ogochukwu Promise's In The Middle of The Night and Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus. The objectives of the study include locating the challenges encountered by women in the selected novels, projecting the need for effective dialogue, western education and self-identity in pursuit of success as strategies for women emancipation and empowerment. The qualitative research methodology is used to analyse the non-numerical data represented in the selected novels. The findings of the study include; (i) lack of sound western education limits the attainment of greater heights for women (ii) lack of effective dialogue and conciliatory approach are contributory factors to the inability of women's emancipation and empowerment as portrayed in the novels. This study concluded that the application of indigenous Snail-sense strategies can complement other feminist strategies to achieve the desired women emancipation and empowerment. This study thus recommended Snail-sense feminist theory as suitable for literary analysis in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. Keywords: Feminist Strategies, Indigenous, Women empowerment

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