Ebook {Epub PDF} Double Yoke by Buchi Emecheta

Double Yoke is a campus novel set in Calabar University in eastern Nigeria. It tells the story of a young African woman and her struggle to bear the double yoke of traditional values and her desire for independence. REVIEWS “Buchi Emecheta speaks for all . Click to read more about Double Yoke by Buchi Emecheta. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers3/5(1). Double Yoke by Buchi Emecheta. Set on the campus of a Nigerian university, Double Yoke tells the story of two undergraduates who must confront the conflicting demands of tradition and modernity. While Nko pursues an education despite the resistance of those who feel a woman’s identity is assumed in traditional marriage, Ete Kamba’s love for her is severely tested as he is himself locked into the rigid .

Double Yoke () are all emblematic of Emecheta's works built around the struggle against the shackles imposed on women in many parts of Africa. Firmly opposed to all aspects of tradition that oppressed women, Emecheta illuminates with passion and unsparing wit the ways that patriarchy works in rural Africa so as to undermine women's. Buchi Emecheta's works deal primarily with portrayals of African women. The main characters of her novels show what it means to be a woman and a mother in Nigerian society. Emecheta looks at how sexuality and the ability to bear children can sometimes be the terms only used to define femininity and womanhood. Double Yoke. New York: George. This item: Double Yoke. by Buchi Emecheta Paperback. $ Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). Ships from and sold by bltadwin.ru FREE Shipping on orders over $ Second Class Citizen. by Buchi Emecheta Paperback. $

Double yoke. by. Emecheta, Buchi. Publication date. Topics. Nigeria -- Fiction. Publisher. New York: Braziller. Double Yoke is a campus novel set in Calabar University in eastern Nigeria. It tells the story of a young African woman and her struggle to bear the double yoke of traditional values and her desire for independence. REVIEWS “Buchi Emecheta speaks for all women” New Statesmen“A lively, readable, attractive book.”. Double Yoke by Buchi Emecheta. Set on the campus of a Nigerian university, Double Yoke tells the story of two undergraduates who must confront the conflicting demands of tradition and modernity. While Nko pursues an education despite the resistance of those who feel a woman’s identity is assumed in traditional marriage, Ete Kamba’s love for her is severely tested as he is himself locked into the rigid attitudes from which Nko is attempting to break free.