The Contemporary Woman: Towards Freedom in A Functional Democracy in Selected Igbo Text

Abstract

Over the years, women are made to believe that their real life start when there is a man figure in their life; probably when they get married. This idea subjected the early woman to a great deal of oppression because, to her, life has no meaning without the man figure in her life. She is not to be seen nor heard. This paper, ‘The contemporary woman: towards freedom and functional democracy in selected Igbo text', therefore, looks at the struggle women had to go through to regain their freedom and be useful to themselves, family and the society at large. This study, however, tries to encourage contemporary woman not to relapse rather to be more powerful to make the society a better place for everyone. The major material for this study is the selected Igbo te?t and other relevant materials. It is discovered that, the woman though oppressed, never lost touch with her inner self thus; her quest for freedom and her hunger to be heard and the opportunity to contribute her quota in making the society a better place where everyone, irrespective of gender, would have equal rights and opportunities.