This paper deploys the postulations of African womanism/feminism to examine gender complementarity in three of Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s novels: The River Between, A Grain of Wheat, and Petals of Blood. While the prominent role Ngugi accords his female characters has been acknowledged and explored critically, how he deploys the African feminist/womanist ideology in his writings, and uses his writings to advocate for gender complementarity within the African socio-cultural reality seems to have been ignored. This, however, should not be taken to mean that critics have not at all acknowledged the gender complementarity phenomenon in Ngugi’s works. The problem is that even when they do, it is usually subsumed within the framework of a larger discourse. The significance of this paper, therefore, lies in its elaborate examination of this subject in Ngugi’s aesthetic universe using the theoretical lens of African womanism/feminism.
Audu, A. & Omatsola, S (2020). African Feminism/Womanism and Gender Complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s Novels. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementary-in-the-novels-of-ngugi-w
Audu, Ajama John, and Solomon Omatsola "African Feminism/Womanism and Gender Complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s Novels" Afribary. Afribary, 19 Sep. 2020, https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementary-in-the-novels-of-ngugi-w. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Audu, Ajama John, and Solomon Omatsola . "African Feminism/Womanism and Gender Complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s Novels". Afribary, Afribary, 19 Sep. 2020. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementary-in-the-novels-of-ngugi-w >.
Audu, Ajama John and Omatsola, Solomon . "African Feminism/Womanism and Gender Complementarity in Ngugi wa Thiong'O’s Novels" Afribary (2020). Accessed April 24, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/gender-complementary-in-the-novels-of-ngugi-w