The Liberation Of The African Female Mind: A Study Of Mabel Dove-Danquah’s Short Stories

Abstract

This thesis investigates four short stories and other non-narrative texts of Mabel Dove-Danquah in light of her contribution as a feminist liberationist and her attempt to liberate the African female through her works as a writer, journalist and legislator. The main aim of the project is to critically examine the stylistic choices the writer makes in the selected short stories, and how these reflect her radical commitment and agency to the cause of the African female. The Study concludes that using character, theme, narrative perspective and motif, Mabel Dove-Danquah advocates, in a radical way, freedom for women in general and the Ghanaian woman in particular.