Failed Heroines: The Paradox of Female Liberation in John Nkemngong Nkengasong’s The Widow’s Might and Alobwed’epie’s The Lady with a Beard
Failed Heroines: The Paradox of Female Liberation in John Nkemngong Nkengasong’s The Widow’s Might and Alobwed’epie’s The Lady with a Beard

Summary/Abstract: Taking cognizance of the moves that women have consciously made in their journey of liberation from culture and patriarchy and considering the fact that their misrepresentation in arts has constituted a major focus in their struggle, their continuous quest for freedom remains a figment of the imagination due in part to culture, patriarchal norms and societal discourses. Our authors under study have simply taken side with the custom and tradition to continue to subjugate their female characters. Initially, the women are raised and given powers that make us belief that the authors are a catalyst in the deconstruction of cultural paradigms that has helped to silence women since time immemorial. But the female protagonists have been apparently empowered only to be led down within a very short while.

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