European colonization has been a double-edged sword for Africa. While it has undermined and controlled political autonomy on the continent, it has also brought modernization, which in itself has proven to be as equally problematic, particularly when the issues of traditional African values come into play. Many novels and long poems written by African writers … Continue reading Tradition, Modernity, and the African Woman: The Writings of Buchi Emecheta and Bessie Head