Progressive Women Voices from Africa. Nadine Gordimer, Mariama Ba and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject African Studies - Literature, grade: NA, , course: Phd, language: English, abstract: Due to colonization, the African people faced exploitation and suffered under racist rulers for prolonged periods. But with the decline of imperialism and the gradual liberation of one country after another, native populations began to assert themselves and do well in a variety of fields such as academics, sports, media, and cinema. Even the women came out and began taking part in activities from which they had earlier stayed away. This began in 1950s and 1960s when most of the African countries were liberated; with this liberation, their literature started flourishing with numerous works both in quality and quantity. Keywords: Colonization, liberation struggle, African literature, progressive voices

Dr. Shamenaz Bano is Author & Editor of 19 international books which includes, 'Exile and Resistance in Palestinian Literature', 'An Anthology of Poems on Partition Literature ', 'The Silences and Survival of Indian Women in Shashi Deshpande's Novels', 'A Visit to the Ruins of Vijayanagar Empire at Hampi', 'Shades of Life', 'Gender Studies: Fragmentation and Formation', 'Trends, Issues and Implications in Asian Women Writing' and 'Women Poets: Within and Beyond Shore Volume I, II & III. She is Co-author of 'The Celebration of Our Voices' with Deborah Brooks Langford of USA and has co-edited Feeling for You with Armeli Quezon of USA. She has been teaching English literature, language and Communication Skills at Rajarshi Tandon Mahila Mahavidyalaya, S. S. Khanna Girls' Degree College, Ewing Christian College, Allahabad University at Allahabad Institute of Engineering & Technology for ten years. She has contributed poems to many international poetry Magazines & Anthologies like Women of Substance, Raven Cage Magazine, Poetry Archive, Women of Reflection, Women of Passion, Poetic Souls, Feeling International, Hope Reborn, Delhi by Verse and Glomag. She is a member of the Editorial Board of journals including; Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (Azerbaijan), Angloamericanie Journal (Macedonia), Anglisticum, (Macedonia), International Journal of Research and Humanitarian Studies (Jordan), Cyber Literature: An Online Journal, The Context, English Literator Society, Literary Miscellany, Research Access & Expressions, Levure Litteraire (France-Germany-USA).