Women's Spaces, Women's Visions: Politics, Poetics, and Resistance in African Women's DramaAfrica World Press, 2007 - 322 pages |
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... Foriwa's temporal proximity to the colonial period is what makes it such a forceful play . Set within the context of transition from colonial to independent nation - state and the evolving social , cultural , and political situation in ...
... Foriwa's temporal proximity to the colonial period is what makes it such a forceful play . Set within the context of transition from colonial to independent nation - state and the evolving social , cultural , and political situation in ...
Page 174
... Foriwa is therefore only partially correct . There is in fact neither arranged marriage nor demand for dowry for Foriwa . Foriwa rejects her suitors for other reasons : " I know . I see them [ my peers ] . Indeed they are married . Isn ...
... Foriwa is therefore only partially correct . There is in fact neither arranged marriage nor demand for dowry for Foriwa . Foriwa rejects her suitors for other reasons : " I know . I see them [ my peers ] . Indeed they are married . Isn ...
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... Foriwa by buying her " freedom from through [ her ] training " ( 8 ) , the Queen Mother cautions Foriwa that " every woman's lot is marriage " ( 7 ) . She is shocked when Foriwa challenges her assumption : " Oh , my child , why couldn't ...
... Foriwa by buying her " freedom from through [ her ] training " ( 8 ) , the Queen Mother cautions Foriwa that " every woman's lot is marriage " ( 7 ) . She is shocked when Foriwa challenges her assumption : " Oh , my child , why couldn't ...
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