In a comparative streak, he admirably juxtaposes Akachi’s bold and intelligent postulations and those of her precursors in the literary vocation. Thus in chapter 10, “The Muse Emancipist”, the rationale of Akachi’s first published novel The Last of the Strong Ones is underscored. that are imbued with some degree of gallantry in the fight against colonialism and its negative concomitants in Africa. In this regard, Akachi leans more towards the innocuous sensibility that informed the ‘acommodationist’ (womanism) feminism as propounded by writers like Alice Walker. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo- Life and Literature has justifiably been creating positive ripples in different circles of the literati.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 03:22 UTC