African Feminisms in Ayesha Harruna Attah’s Novels
Resumen
Nuestro interés en este artículo es analizar los personajes femeninos en las novelas de la autora ghanesa Ayesha Attah, Harmattan Rain, Saturday´s Shadows y The Hundred Wells of Salaga. Lo haremos enmarcando nuestro estudio en las teorías del feminismo africano para ver la conexión entre la historia oficial de Ghana y la historia vivida por las protagonistas. Analizaremos las distintas manifestaciones del feminismo en África, partiendo de la preocupación común a esos movimientos, la de buscar la autonomía y la agencia de la mujer. Todos los feminismos africanos emergen de movimientos activistas y comparten la necesidad de un cambio positivo en la sociedad donde las mujeres sean tenidas en cuenta como ciudadanos plenos. Empezaremos hablando del feminismo de Filomina Steady para continuar con el activismo de Buchi Emecheta, el Stiwanism de Molara Ogundipe, el Nego-Feminismo de Obioma Nnameka, para llegar al ecofeminismo
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