Set on the campus of a Nigerian university, Double Yoke tells the story of two undergraduates who must confront the conflicting demands of tradition and modernity. While Nko pursues an education despite the resistance of those who feel a woman's identity is assumed in traditional marriage, Ete Kamba's love for her is severely tested as he is himself locked into the rigid attitudes from which Nko is attempting to break free. Nko must further contend with unscrupulous professors who would take advantage of her tenuous role as a woman in a male-dominated environment. As the author candidly portrays the status of women in emerging African nations, the choices facing Ete Kamba and Nko are neither clearcut nor perfect. In Double Yoke, Buchi Emecheta faces them head on.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Enough yokes for scrambled eggs,
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Double Yoke is not simply an African novel, it is a timeless classic. The story of course is one of seemingly simplistic ideals: women in Postcolonial Africa have to bear the double burden of trying to remain culturally traditional while also trying to further themselves with education to be able to provide for their financial future. However, the author is actually writing about the need for males to change in order to more fully understand this modern African woman. No longer can African males hope to secure an innocent school girl and be satisfied with her limited ambitions. The modern African male must transform himself in order to satisfy himself and his mate. The need for a sexual revolution of the entire male species worldwide is what message this reader gained. The poetic prose and wonderful characters gift wrap the package containg this universal request.
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Captivating with a hidden message,
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Ms Emecheta has in a way that is uniquely hers delivered a message about the double yoke of modernity and tradition. The setting is mainly the University of Calabar in Nigeria where the author also was a Professor. It is a coming of age story of two undergraduates who are in love. It deals with the choices they make under the circumstances. As a sub theme it details university life in Nigeria,love of strange titles and also a dubious counsellor and resultant betrayal. The events that occur in this book though a work of fiction are glaringly true.
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- Contemporary African Literature and the Politics of Gender by Florence Stratton on 8 pages
- Reading Buchi Emecheta: Cross-Cultural Conversations (Contributions to the Study of World Literature) by Katherine Fishburn on 6 pages
- Africa Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women (Women in Culture and Society Series) by Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi on 6 pages
- Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature by Donna J. Haraway on 5 pages
- Colonial and Postcolonial Literature by Elleke Boehmer on page 192, page 231, and Back Matter
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