1. African Literature : Gender Discrimination in
Things Fall Apart
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University
Name : Bhatt Vidhi
Roll No : 18
Sem : 4
Year : 2012-2013

2. Gender Discrimination
 "It is true that a child belongs to his
father. But when the father beats his
child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's
hut. A man belongs to his fatherland
when things are good and life is sweet.
But when there is sorrow and
bitterness, he finds refuge in his
motherland. Your mother is there to
protect you. She is buried there. And
that is why we say that mother is
supreme."

3.  Unequal treatment of family members
 Woman _ devoid of their fundamental
rites
 Gender discrimination in Things Fall
Apart
 Okonkwo having more than one wife
 Women – tools of reproduction

4.  Okonkwo’s wish for a boy child
 Definition of masculinity as defined by
okonkwo : NOT TO DISPLAY EMOTIONS
BE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE
 belief of igbo
culture, “
women were the weaken vessel “

7. Thank You
Submitted to : Heenaba
Zala