Narrative Strategies And The Image Of An Emancipated Somali Woman In Nuruddin Farah’s From A Crooked Rib

Abstract

This study analyzes the novel From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah. The main task is to look at how the picture of an emancipated Somali woman is drawn literarily by the author. To this end, I interrogate the author‘s use of specific literary elements such as plot, characterization, and point of view to show the journey of women characters from disempowerment to empowerment. Further, the study employs Feminist theory to examine the theme of female emancipation as it is brought out in the novel, as a source of conflict for one woman‘s quest for self-determination against great odds. The study, therefore, analyzes several literary variables in search of an understanding of how the main character, Ebla, is presented within the context of the broader African literature