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CAUGHT IN TRANSITION AMA ATA AIDOOS SEARCH FOR A NEW GHANAIAN WOMAN

28 Pages : 339-347

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28      Published : Jun 2022

Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman

    This paper brings out the Womanist perspective in Aidoo's No Sweetness Here and Other Stories. The term 'Womanism' encapsulates the varied dynamics of the black woman's literary experience as it distinguishes itself from the feminism of the White Woman. The predicament of women in postcolonial Ghana is the focus of Aidoo's attention. Aidoo's vision is historical, also. In her short stories, she explores the challenges faced by women in post-independence Ghana. In the period of transition, the African woman's identity is brought into conflict with traditions and cultural modernization. Aidoo's predominant concern is to reflect on women's increasing alienation in contemporary African society with the help of tradition and modernity. In Aidoo's vision, Africa's progress is inseparable from the social, economic,political and psychological liberation of women. No Sweetness Here and Other Stories attempts to make African women aware of their agency, which is the first step towards their liberation.

    Womanism, Colonization, Commodification, Motherhood, Liberation
    (1) Sohail Ahmad Saeed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Ahmad Naeem
    Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Sadiq Egerton Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. 2022. "Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman." Global Language Review, VII (II): 339-347 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28
    HARVARD : SAEED, S. A., NAEEM, A. & SHAHEEN, M. M. A. 2022. Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman. Global Language Review, VII, 339-347.
    MHRA : Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. 2022. "Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman." Global Language Review, VII: 339-347
    MLA : Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. "Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman." Global Language Review, VII.II (2022): 339-347 Print.
    OXFORD : Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, Naeem, Ahmad, and Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad (2022), "Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman", Global Language Review, VII (II), 339-347
    TURABIAN : Saeed, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. "Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman." Global Language Review VII, no. II (2022): 339-347. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28