A FEMINIST READING OF ZAINAB ALKALI’S “THE VIRTOUS WOMAN”
Abstract
The study has examined the extent of The Feminist Reading of Zainab Alkali's "The Virtuous Woman", and discovered that illiteracy among women is on a slow decline compared to that of men; female child education is a rarity in Northern Nigerian and Alkali presents education as the most essential weapon for challenging one aspect of gender inequality. Alkali however, projects Womanhood in a positive light, she upholds female potentialities which the patriarchal structure has represent. The study conclude that there is a need to re-define and re-evaluate gender role in the African society and that education underscores a fundamental necessity for the mental and material liberation of women from male domination.
Key words: Feminism, Education, Northern Nigeria and Womanhood.
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