Major African Women Writers

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course is a study of the works by major women writers from modern Africa. The thematic focus may be, but should not be exclusive to critical issues like feminism and the contestation with colonialism and patriarchy. Old and new generation post-independence African women’s works will be studied. Readings from fiction, poetry, and drama will be selected from the works of Bessie Head, Tsitsi Dangaremba, Flora Nwapa, Efua Sutherland, Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo, Chimamanda Adichie, Yvonne Vera, Nawal El Saadawi, Nadine Gordimer, Buchi Emecheta, Zulu Sofola, Rebecca Njau, Mariama Ba, Ngcobo and so on.