Although I find it difficult to visualize Anowa, it being a play and all, I thoroughly enjoyed the it. What really stood out to me at first were the issues that it presented. Although it was published in 1970, it speaks about issues still relevant today. What we've read so for really connects the African themes and settings that we've been reading about in our class.
As the main character, Anowa is the center of the play. She's a young Ghanaian women, considered wild, strange, and unusual by the entire village, including her own mother and father. Anowa refuses to marry anyone who has asked her and her parents are becoming excessively more worried about her future. Many in the play believe that Anowa would have been better off as a priestess. I think the independent behavior of Anowa in the play really makes us question the gender roles that are in place. Anowa doesn't fit with the stereotypical path that her village believe all women should take. So now I wait to see what life has in store for Anowa as she leaves home to find a life that she really wants.
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