Feminism As A Tool For Social Engineering And Change In Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Children Of The Eagle

This paper explicates the use of feminism as a tool for social engineering as
outlined in Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo’s Children of the Eagle. It examines
the propagation of identified feminist tools, which results in the female
characters coming out of the confines as they transform the stereotypes
that surround them into liberating modes of freedom. The postcolonial
feminist theory serves to underscore the way the protagonist’s gender and
class aided their subjugation, marginalization, and oppression. Ten excerpts
were purposively sampled from our selected text. Purposive sampling is a
non-probability sampling that is based on the aim of the study. This paper
affirms that in order to achieve change, women need to create symbols
for the new set of relationships they are seeking to institutionalize in a
particular society. To accomplish this change, it is imperative for women to
perceive and pursue the possibilities of altering their structural position,
to find out the extent to which they are willing to work for changes in
laws and other political structures that affect women. Furthermore, it is
important for women to work towards establishing an essential feminist
agenda that is all-embracing. This agenda should encourage women to
explore the opportunities that abound in negotiation, dialogue, economic
independence, complementarity, self-discovery, female bonding, and
mentoring for overall growth and development.