Amma Darko’s Contribution in Beyond the Horizon to Contemporary Gender Portrayals

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AuteurCAPO CHICHI ZANOU, LAURE CLEMENCE
AuteurGBAGUIDI, CELESTIN
AuteurKOUMAGNON, ALFRED DJOSSOU
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2017
ResumeThis paper tackles the critical issue of an African type of feminism through the novelist Amma Darko’s depiction of her male characters using African cultural values and day-to-day realities in contemporary Ghana. The study reveals that African female writers like Amma Darko develop their own way of writing social and cultural constraints. It aims at rejecting the image depicted by African male writers and opens the floor to male characters portrayal as violent, selfish, and responsible for the women’s social and economic hardship. Thus, we demonstrate how Amma Darko attempts to present her African male characters in Beyond the Horizon based on the ordeals of female characters in most patriarchal situations in Africa.
Autre identifiantBECDB-3768
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/3696
Languefr
Fait partie deAfricology: The Journal of Pan African Studies
SujetAfrican feminism
Sujetviolence
Sujetstruggle
Sujetpatriarchy
SujetRésistance
TitreAmma Darko’s Contribution in Beyond the Horizon to Contemporary Gender Portrayals
TypeArticle

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