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Rethinking the position of women in socio-political affairs: an Ecofeminist study of Tanure Ojaide's <i>The Activist</i>
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Niger Delta women are affected by environmental crises because of their active participation in the agrarian-based occupation of their society and their nurturing nature as caretakers in the home. Unfortunately, their input and contribution to solutions to environmental crises have often been neglected or, at best disregarded. This paper examines the effects of environmental degradation on humans, especially on women and their participation in socio-political affairs in The Activist by TanureOjaide. It analyses the text from an ecofeminist perspective by reviewing the footprints of ecological degradation vis-à-vis their perpetrators and the evolving role of women as active participants in protecting the environment. Ojaide's work advocates women's involvement in socio-political activism.
