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Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples

In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of domination of women has been long established-a patriarchal (mis) adventure. This is partly because for a very long time, male authors have dominated the writing and criticism of African Literature w...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Nasiru Umar, Talif, Rosli, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur, Bahar, Ida Baizura
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016
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spelling my.upm.eprints.503832017-02-28T05:37:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50383/ Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples Muhammad, Nasiru Umar Talif, Rosli Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur Bahar, Ida Baizura In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of domination of women has been long established-a patriarchal (mis) adventure. This is partly because for a very long time, male authors have dominated the writing and criticism of African Literature which gives birth to the present state of affairs. Nego-Feminism is a relatively new theory which confronts the issues of patriarchy and female dominance through negotiation and non-confrontational attitudes in dealing with the feminist struggles that occur on the continent. It considers the implications of patriarchal traditions and customs and aims to dismantle them and negotiate for a better position through the power of the pen in the literary discourse. This article seeks to interrogate this exercise of negotiation in the contemporary African Novel in relation to the female voice as given to women by male writers to express their non-confrontational stand in the contemporary male authors narrative from Northern Nigeria using Abubakar Gimba’s Sacred Apples as an example. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50383/1/Establishing%20the%20female%20voice%20in%20contemporary%20Nigerian%20narrative%20through%20Nego-Feninism%20a%20study%20of%20Abubakar%20Gimba%27s%20Sacred%20Apples.pdf Muhammad, Nasiru Umar and Talif, Rosli and Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur and Bahar, Ida Baizura (2016) Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples. Journal of Language and Communication, 3 (2). pp. 195-202. ISSN 2289-649X http://www.fbmk.upm.edu.my/sp/page/2861/jlc_bm
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description In African Male Writings, as in other writings from the other regions of the world, the tradition of domination of women has been long established-a patriarchal (mis) adventure. This is partly because for a very long time, male authors have dominated the writing and criticism of African Literature which gives birth to the present state of affairs. Nego-Feminism is a relatively new theory which confronts the issues of patriarchy and female dominance through negotiation and non-confrontational attitudes in dealing with the feminist struggles that occur on the continent. It considers the implications of patriarchal traditions and customs and aims to dismantle them and negotiate for a better position through the power of the pen in the literary discourse. This article seeks to interrogate this exercise of negotiation in the contemporary African Novel in relation to the female voice as given to women by male writers to express their non-confrontational stand in the contemporary male authors narrative from Northern Nigeria using Abubakar Gimba’s Sacred Apples as an example.
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Talif, Rosli
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
Bahar, Ida Baizura
spellingShingle Muhammad, Nasiru Umar
Talif, Rosli
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
Bahar, Ida Baizura
Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
author_facet Muhammad, Nasiru Umar
Talif, Rosli
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
Bahar, Ida Baizura
author_sort Muhammad, Nasiru Umar
title Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
title_short Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
title_full Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
title_fullStr Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
title_full_unstemmed Establishing the female voice in contemporary Nigerian narrative through Nego-Feninism: a study of Abubakar Gimba's Sacred Apples
title_sort establishing the female voice in contemporary nigerian narrative through nego-feninism: a study of abubakar gimba's sacred apples
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2016
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