Nduka, U. and Ozioma, N.G. (2019) Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and the Role of Women in Igbo Traditional Religious Culture. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (12). pp. 272-289. ISSN 2327-5952
Abstract
The paper examines the role of women in Igbo religious culture as portrayed by Chinua Achebe in his classic novel, Things Fall Apart. It explores the position of women in Igbo cultural practice by highlighting the valuable and indispensable role of Igbo women as derived from the novel. Achebe’s portraiture of the feminine gender has continued to draw a lot of attention as a result of their largely perceived degrading roles. This was done by a critical analysis of the novel, Things Fall Apart, which ultimately formed the fulcrum of the study, as well as other relevant documents. Based on the key religious, educational, socio-cultural and other roles of women as derived from the novel, the paper finds out that contrary to the general notion that women are to be seen and not to be heard, women are actually seen and heard especially, as a result of their indispensable roles in the traditional Igbo society. The place of women in Igbo cultural society is pivotal and very critical in the sustenance and continuance of human society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Things Fall Apart, Women, Role, Igbo Traditional Society, Religious Culture |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2024 13:50 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2024 13:50 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. |
Identification Number: | 10.4236/jss.2019.712020 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213545 |