Education as a Stepping-Stone to Push Back Against the Strictures of Patriarchy and the Scourge of Ritual Murder: An Examination of Unity Dow’s The Screaming of the Innocent
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
This research paper sets out to analyze the way in which women in Unity Dow’s the Screaming of the Innocent use education as a stepping-stone to push back on the straitjacket of patriarchy and the horrors of ritual murder. Through the casting of such lead characters in her novel as AmantleBokaa, Boitumelo, NalediBinang -who are conspicuous by their gutsy fight against women’s enslavement in any shape or formthanks to a respectable level of education attainment- Unity Dow doubtless touts education as a way out of male socio-economic dominance at the expense of women. The paper shows that the challenges standing in the way of full-blown female emancipation cum assertiveness may be multifaceted, yet women can collectively weather them if they develop a consciousness of the paramountcy of education as rock-solid weapon against patriarchal oppression and ritual killing.
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MAMADOU ABDOU BABOU NGOM
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