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Oral history methodologies are used to conduct fifteen interviews with Martha Akesi Ndaarko Sennie-Tumi over the course of three months. Research responded to the following questions: How do African women defy master narratives? When do African women defy master narratives and move from the margins to the center? What roles do African women take on to defy master narratives and why? To what extent does the concept of malezile (women who stand firm) address human rights? Twelve stories of defiance (three of which are folktales) are analyzed for recurring themes, concepts and motifs. Research showed that African women defy master narratives when the system worked to their detriment through the Nana Esi archetype. The stories also showed that women adopt nontraditional roles during defiance by using whatever means available to them at the time of defiance.
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- Malezile defy master narratives: articulating an African feminism through the Nana Esi archetype
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- Essuman, Portia Nana (Author)
- Anokye, Akua D (Thesis advisor)
- Elenes, Alajandra C (Committee member)
- Cuadraz, Gloria (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2012
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- thesisPartial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2012
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 60)
- Field of study: Interdisciplinary studies
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by Portia Nana Essuman