FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF THE BOOK TITLED “IN THE CHEST OF A WOMAN”
“Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (hook, 2000). The goals of feminism include: To demonstrate the importance of women; to reveal that historically women have been subordinate to men and to bring about gender equity, is a theme Efo Kodjo Mawugbe, the playwright, hesitantly advocate in his book titled “In the Chest of a Woman”.
“In the chest of a woman is not only an extension of the breast and a feeble heart, but a strong desire to hold and use power,” was the motivation which energized Nana Yaa Kyeretwe, the princess, to fiercely fight against patriarchy in the Ebusa kingdom when her dying Queen mother bequeathed the stool of the kingdom to her younger…