Some Features of African Male Writings in the Female African Novel

The pervasive suffering of married women, male authority and submissive female characters are among the commonalities of African men writers' discourse of the first generation which African female writers set about counterbalancing in their literary production. Thus, in the novels by women writers of the first and second generations, one often sees female characters who are remarkably outspoken in their criticism. They rebel against societal norms which ostracize women. This article focuses on women writers' texts, especially on female characterization which is based open their own experiences. One may wonder whether the features of African male writings which are antagonistic to African women writers are removed from the female African novel. Based on feminism, the paper will deal with The Features of African Male Writings in the Female African Novel. Using culture, sociology, feminism and psychology, the study will first spin around women's endurance in marriage and male authority and then will analyze the female protagonists' pseudo-independence of mind.