Read Buchi Emecheta’s, The Joys of Motherhood. This novel explores the history, and life of one Igbo woman in colonial Nigeria. It focuses on the nature of “motherhood” and family life in an African urban setting. Based on your reading, come up with a thesis statement and answer the following question(s): How does colonialism impact gender and gendered relationships over the course of the novel? Be sure to discuss these changes as they are portrayed through specific characters and situations in the novel [e.g. what new kinds of social and economic expectations have been introduced into daily life by colonialism?]
