Abstract:
Owing to the disruption of colonization, there emerged a superfluity of literary productions from the erstwhile colonies that outperformed the worth of the Eurocentric paradigms. Among such emergent English literatures from the former colonies, African literature has an undeniable status of commendable creative imprint. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a prominent Nigerian writer par excellence who has established a sought-after place in literary world, more with the definite politics that she initiates than for her resourceful capability. Her unveiling novel Purple Hibiscus portrays the Nigerian societal life with flawless clarity, a traditionalized spiteful order of life where the position of woman is inevitably subjugated and silenced. The protagonist character Kambili, a girl of subdued disposition, functions as a representative of Nigerian womanhood. African feminism is an attempt to include the gushes of African women in its theoretical proclivity. Adichie follows the traditions in Purple Hibiscus, as is put forward by various scholars and contributors to African feminism.
