The paper, entitled “Resetting Power Structures in Rosemary Ekosso’s House of Falling Women” has as objective to analyse the objective presentation of the woman, her experiences and responses in an African and European setting. Life is meant to be enjoyed and celebrated in its wholeness, but this is not often the case because of some barriers and assumed ideologies set aside as fixed rules for the majority to follow. As such, some characters either follow the crowd, succumbing to the prescribed way of life whether they find it comfortable or not, while others categorically carve out their own unique path to follow based on their sense of self and individualism, while shunning all negative criticisms. This paper contends, that Rosemary Ekosso’s heroine is a pathfinder for many caged women who live unfulfilled lives due to patriarchal norms which for the most part are not in their favour. The theories of Post colonialism and Deconstruction will be employed in the analysis and interpretation of the novel under study. The theories are chosen because they share a common ground on power relations and resistance to forms of oppression and binary oppositions based on historical facts
Citation: Nchia F. M. (2023) Resetting Power structures in Rosemary Ekosso’s House of Falling Women, Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.11, No.1, pp.1-8
Keywords: Identity, power structures, resetting, resistance. Ashcroft
