Palabras clave
literatura postcolonial africana
Resumen
La imagen de la madre africana vertida por los primeros escritores del continente, lejos de mostrar la realidad de la maternidad, contribuye al fomento de una imagen negativa para la mujer, que ve sometido el desarrollo de su identidad individual a su papel de madre. Escritoras africanas, como Ama Ata Aidoo, han luchado desde la década de 1960 contra el uso de este papel como herramienta política y social, plasmando cómo la imagen de ‘la Madre África’ no hace más que someter a la mujer africana. Este artículo estudia los distintos conceptos de maternidad que Aidoo establece y cómo la autora ghanesa reapropria la maternidad a través de sus obras.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Aidoo, maternidad, símbolo político, reapropiación, África.
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