Feminism Using Buchi Emecheta’s ‘the Joys Of Motherhood’ And Zaynab Alikali’s ‘the Still Born’

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0     Introduction This chapter will look into the background and the general introduction of feminism using Buchi Emecheta and Zaynab Akali’s ‘The Joys of Motherhood and ‘The Stillborn’ respectively. Also, it shall discuss purpose and scope of the study and finally the biography of the two authors. 1.1     Background of the study Feminist ideology is found on the need to develop a female tradition of creativity to cause awareness on the plight of women as the oppressed, deprived, subjugated and unfulfilled gender. This ideology is known in European Africa co…