International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Emechetas books examine the various definitions of motherhood and womanhood as they are understood by the women who serve as her main characters in Nigerian society. The biological control of women, wherein sexuality and the capacity for procreation are the only criteria used to define womanhood, and the economic control of women under the colonially imposed capitalism system are concerns that she is equally, honestly, concerned with.

Keywords: Womanhood, Racial discrimination.