Wole Soyinka's The Lion and The Jewel: A Distortion of Female Image.

Abstract

The inequalities that exist between men and women in all spheres of life have generated a lot of interest both at national and international levels. With regards to women issue, for socioeconomic and political change, a lot of seminars, conventions, conferences were held in various places. This paper attempts to discuss feminism from African perspective and Soyinkas distortion of female image in The Lion and the Jewel.

Keywords: Distortion, female, socio-economic, feminism