The “Mother” Archetype in Igbo Literature: Perspectives from African Womanism
Ebele Eucahria Okafor — Department of Linguistics, African & Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria, Oluchi Eugenia Nebolisa — Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Language, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)
In Igbo society, motherhood has always been visualised as a sacred role for women, which all women are expected to embrace and imbibe as their ordained responsibility from God. Mother archetype entails giving birth, nurturing, raising children, home management, caregiving …