The tradition behind the tradition: Matriarchy and the contemporary women writers of Cameroon

In 1969, Therese Kuoh-Moukoury emerged as the first female novelist of her native Cameroon with the publication of Rencontres essentielles. In terms of feminist literary expression, she was preceded in the Francophone world only by Marie-Claire Matip who wrote the novella, Ngonda, in 1958. Matip and Kuoh-Moukoury represent the very roots of an innovative literature which would continue to inspire Cameroon's feminist writers. It is a female literary voice which originates from within African culture itself.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

French

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Toman, Cheryl

Contributors dc:contributor

• Accad, Evelyne

• Literature, Romance
• Literature, African
• Women's Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Toman, Cheryl

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9702689
(UMI)AAI9702689
9780591089615

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20899