A Black Writing of Resistance on Purple Hibiscuses by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Abstract

The article aims to analyze black resistance writing In the Nigerian novel Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Following a methodology that is characterized by being a critical analytical-qualitative analysis. Listing as a theoretical reference the studies of bell hooks (2018), on racism and the devaluation of black women; Collins (2019), which focuses on Black women’s activism, advocacy, and empowerment; Oyewùmí (2021), In his studies, suggests that the body was not the basis of the hierarchy and that gender did not determine social organization; Perrot (2007), In her writings, fights against the Invisibility of women and their Inclusion In history; Resende (2013), which analyzes the dynamics Involving Nigerian Igbo women and the centuries-old roles they must follow, and Saffioti (2014), on violence against women, fear and guilt. The novel presents Nigerian women as the center of discussions Involving aspects of colonialism, conservatism, silencing, violence and religious fanaticism. Presenting characters submissive and silenced by their husbands. At the same time, there is a representation of women who are resistant and transgressive of the status quo.