Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
This article offers a reading of the status and image of women in the postcolonial context of Africa through Branle-bas en noir et blanc and Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur by iconoclastic writer Mongo Beti. The female figures of his novels allow him to decry the conditions in which women are forced to live, between colonial, patriarchal, matriarchal and religious subjugation. Mongo Beti wants to be realistic when he talks about the problems of Africa; using women as a metaphor, he paints an Africa plagued by multiple evils that require us to get busy to get it out of underdevelopment, exclusion, and marginalization. To do this, it is vital to recognize at first that the woman is discredited ; this is the only way for better consideration.
Recommended Citation
Feupeussi, Chandra
(2022)
"Statut de la femme dans Branle-bas en noir et blanc et Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur : son assujettissement est-il seulement double ?,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 99:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol99/iss1/13
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