Abstract
This long essay is a thematic exploration of Buchi Emechata’s The Joys of Motherhood and Second Class Citizen both of which focus on Feminism as a worldwide social theory, ideology and political movement directed at changing the existing power relations between man and woman. The works identified sociolinguistic factors such as age, gender, religion, education, occupation and culture as factors affecting the use of language in terms of what one says and how it is said concerning feminism.. It also identified the numerous forces militating against the rights of African women specifically in the traditional settings and blamed them on some cultural beliefs and customs which are destructive enough to keep women perpetually at the background. This study has shown that as long as men wield power, women will continue to be subjugated, oppressed and suppressed. It therefore canvassed for equality and mutual respect between the two sexes as well as the reciprocal and symbiotic recognition of the roles of men and women in the society.