Woman for President? ‘Alternative’ future in the works of Kenyan women writers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v51i2.11

Keywords:

African female leadership, African literature, Kenyan women writers, utopian visions of the future

Abstract

The article traces the emergence of ‘alternative’, positive vision of the future of African countries under the rule of female leaders in Kenyan women’s literature, using as examples three novels by Kenyan women writers—Rebecca Njau, Margaret Ogola and Monica Genya. The study comes to a conclusion that the aim of these authors was not to create another ‘trivial utopia’, but to draw a picture of a possible and accomplishable future which may serve as a motivation for the reading public.

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  • Alina Rinkanya, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Alina Rinkanya teaches African and World Literature in the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Published

2014-09-01

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Research articles

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Rinkanya, A. (2014). Woman for President? ‘Alternative’ future in the works of Kenyan women writers. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 51(2), 144-155. https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v51i2.11