Les Femmes En Contexte De Guerre Dans La Mère Trop Tôt De Gustave Akakpo Et Sometimes In April De Raoul Peck

Abstract

This study considers the image of the African woman during wartime as portrayed by male writers, namely Gustave Akakpo in La mère trop tôt and Raoul Peck in Sometimes in April. The study highlights, first, the living conditions and multiple roles of the African woman during and after the war, and then the factors that affect her image. This also raises various questions about our patriarchal societies that often treat women as inferior. If women are considered inferior to men, how do men as writers portray African women in wartime in their works? To answer this question, the study analyses the image that women represent in these two works devoted to internal warfare. The study undertakes a thematic analysis based on feminist theory, which we believe is the best methodological approach to examine the multiple roles of African women and their influence in wartime in the African context.