2017/12/29 by Mamadou Abdou Babou Ngom, TJPRC · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #American Political and Social Dynamics #Art #Economic, Social, and Health Studies #Gender studies #History #Military history and social perspectives #Patriarchy #Philosophy #Screaming #Sociology
paper · pdf · doi:10.24247/ijelfeb20183
openalex publication_date 2017/12/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
This research paper sets out to analyze the way in which women in Unity Dow's the Screaming of the Innocent use education as a stepping-stone to push back on the straitjacket of patriarchy and the horrors of ritual murder. Through the casting of such lead characters in her novel as AmantleBokaa, Boitumelo, NalediBinang -who are conspicuous by their gutsy fight against women's enslavement in any shape or formthanks to a respectable level of education attainment-Unity Dow doubtless touts education as a way out of male socio-economic dominance at the expense of women. The paper shows that the challenges standing in the way of full-blown female emancipation cum assertiveness may be multifaceted, yet women can collectively weather them if they develop a consciousness of the paramountcy of education as rock-solid weapon against patriarchal oppression and ritual killing.