SHADES OF RADICAL FEMINISM IN ZULU SOFOLA’S THE SWEET TRAP AND IRENE SALAMI’S SWEET REVENG

Adedokun-Awojodu, Blessing (2021) SHADES OF RADICAL FEMINISM IN ZULU SOFOLA’S THE SWEET TRAP AND IRENE SALAMI’S SWEET REVENG. Journal of Management and Technology (JORMATECH), 6 (3). pp. 53-61. ISSN 1117-1847

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Abstract

Feminism is a common yardstick by which works of female writers all over the world are interrogated. However, the feminist elements in individual writer’s work vary as well as the approaches they employ in tackling feminist issues. Zulu Sofola, being the first female African playwright, has been given credit for daring to address feminist issues in drama, which remained unaddressed before her. For this, she was tagged a radical. However later feminists, in their works, appear to be even more radical, and one of such is Irene Salami’s Sweet Revenge (2004) are plays expressing different feminist ideologies which underlay the differences in the realities of each of their writers despite their shared origin. This paper, drawing instances from the plays of Zulu Sofola and Irene Salami, showcases one as a liberal feminist and the other as radical. This assertion is profoundly drawn from the realities of each writer, the issues they address in their works, and the way they address them. The background of each playwright, the themes of their plays, the characters in the plays and their significance to feminist issues, are examined to justify each writer’s feminist ideology. Although these works have many similarities, they are pointers to the obvious radicalism of one and the relative liberality of the other. The position of this paper therefore, is that Feminism itself has always been a radical movement. It will continue to evolve in varying degrees and shadesof radicalism as long as there are needs for women’s experiences across cultures to be addressed.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email [email protected]
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2022 12:05
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2022 12:05
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1880

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