| dc.description.abstract | A reading of Ari Katini Mwachofi’s Mama Ee reveals it as an analysis of gender relations
specifically within the institution of marriage in a patriarchal social order. The playwright portrays
an antagonistic relationship between women and men. However, different from earlier Kiswahili
works, the woman’s voice here is new, aggressive and revolutionary as she negotiates for her
identity. The main female character Mwavita, can only be likened to Lanina the main character in
Alamin Mazrui’s Kilio cha Haki. But different from the latter, woman here not only fights for her
rights, equal treatment, self-identity, and self-determination, her freedom, her sexuality, she is also
on a mission of sensitization and consciousness- rising....... | en_US |
