This book provides balanced critical linguistic and literary representations of gender and power relations in Ghanaian and Nigerian texts, contrary to most existing literary and linguistic studies on gender that have either focused on male chauvinism or male emasculation. This text provides novel insight into gender dynamics, liberation and empowerment especially as it relates to language and power in Africa.

Mobolanle Sotunsa is a professor of Gender Studies and African Oral Literature at Babcock University, Nigeria. Sotunsa is the coordinator of Gender and African Studies Group, Babcock University (BUGAS). She is also the Director of Babcock University Centre for Open, Distance, and e-learning (BUCODeL).

Abiola Sakirat Kalejaiye (PhD) is a lecturer at Babcock University, Ilisan Remo. She teaches language courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Kalejaiye is a member of Gender and African Studies Group, Babcock University (BUGAS). She is also the commissioned editor of Babcock University Centre for Open, Distance, and e-learning (BUCODeL).

Patricia Animah Nyamekye is a lecturer and a Head of Department in Arts and Social Studies at Valley View University, Ghana

Part I : Literary Representations Of Women And Power.- Chapter 1: Childhood Exposure To Spousal Abuse In Marily Heward Mills Cloth Girl.- Chapter 2: Dialectics Of Love And (Maternal) Power In Razinat Mohammeds A Love Like A Womans And Other Stories.- Chapter 3: A Deconstructionist Reading Of Zaynab Alkalis The Still Born.- Chapter 4: Feminist Imagery And Masculine Energy In Ama Ata Aidoos Anowa.- Chapter 5: Motherist Appraisal Of Amma Darkos Faceless.- Chapter 6: Womens Portrayal In On Black Sisters Street And The Secret Lives Of Baba Segis Wives.- Part 2: African Women And Socio Linguistic Contexts.- Chapter 7: Women And The Fear Of Mathematics: A Gender Analysis Of The Myths And Realities In An Odl Context.- Chapter 8: Beyond The Tar Of Bottom Power: Rising Above The Sociolinguistic Denigration Of Womens Success.- Chapter 9: A Pragma-Gender Study Of Select Couples Emotive Language.- Chapter 10: Sociolinguistic Analysis Of Inscriptions Of Tricycles In Aba Metropolis, AbiaState.- Chapter 11: A Semiotic Study Of Gender Images In War Reports.- Part 3: African Women And Governance.- Chapter 12: Subjugation Of Widowhood: A Lexico-Semantic Analysis Of Bayo Adebowales Lonely Days.- Chapter 13: Womens Legislative Participation In Ghana And Nigeria.- Chapter 14: Women And Spiritual Leadership In Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart And Toni Morrisons Beloved.- Chapter 15: Theoretical Issues In Gender And African Studies.