{"product_id":"womanhood-and-power-von-thinkwell-ngwenya","title":"Womanhood and Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the words of Wole Soyinka as quoted by Florence  Stratton ¿vision is eternally of man's own  creation,women's function is one of collaboration  in man's vision(51).In a similar vein  Emecheta's Nnu Ego finally realizes that it is a  man's world which women will always help to build  (186).The two quotations above make the question  of female agency critical.Achebe's Things Fall  Apart shows women occupying the marginal space and  leaving the center stage to man.They are kneeling  on one knee and drinking the dregs left by men,if  we extend the Anasi image.And the question to ask  is:To what extent is this marginal space a place  of empowerment?On the other hand Ngugi wa Thiongo  throws women into the public fray and makes them  fight for their rights.He uses the familial or  social juxtaposition of two female characters, Muthoni and Nyambura who in their responses to male  domination are the antithesis of each  other.Nyambura passively submits and Muthoni,the  radical sister who challenges patriachal authority.  In Ngugi's conception challenging patriarchy is  suicidal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783844304817\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Comparative View of Pre-colonial and Post-colonial African Women as Depicted in Achebe and  Ngugi's Fictional Works\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783844304817","offer_id":39497114124381,"sku":"9783844304817","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/9f731e54-4731-40c8-815c-139ce1a95911.jpg?v=1758347188","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/womanhood-and-power-von-thinkwell-ngwenya","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}