Gender Dimensions of war: a study of Femi Osofisan's Women of owu

ABSTRACT 

The gender dimensions of war and in Nigeria is perniciously  depicting a devastating trend as

are the challenges faced in understanding the gendered dimensions of suffering and shock that is

involved, as war is invariably pervading lives and every aspect of society. The costs have been

evident as wars are often characterized by large scale displacement, economic loss and death.

Evidently in the environment is the disturbing level of psychological bereft and disillusionment

which war   unleash  on it victims and casualties. No individual is ever counted as sacred, as

from the children, youth and to  the aged.  The destruction it fraughts lacks identification.  This

study  unearth the various dimensions of war and the  responses of  characters to  its  impact.

Articulating these turmoils have been the backdrop of how Nigerians react to issues of war.

Therefore, this work is a gendered appraisal of the text "Women of Owu" in the light of the topic

being discussed. It tacitly submits that, since the problems of war and gender can hardly ever be

solved, the growing examples of this trend in Nigeria today, may well lead to a future challenge

in physical and mental damage or torture of both gender. This study specifically looks at these

wars from a gender perspective so as to examine  its impact   on both genders in relation to

experiences such as sexual assaults (rape), plight as displacement and deaths

ABSTRACT

The gender dimensions of war and in Nigeria is perniciously  depicting a devastating trend as

are the challenges faced in understanding the gendered dimensions of suffering and shock that is

involved, as war is invariably pervading lives and every aspect of society. The costs have been

evident as wars are often characterized by large scale displacement, economic loss and death.

Evidently in the environment is the disturbing level of psychological bereft and disillusionment

which war   unleash  on it victims and casualties. No individual is ever counted as sacred, as

from the children, youth and to  the aged.  The destruction it fraughts lacks identification.  This

study  unearth the various dimensions of war and the  responses of  characters to  its  impact.

Articulating these turmoils have been the backdrop of how Nigerians react to issues of war.

Therefore, this work is a gendered appraisal of the text "Women of Owu" in the light of the topic

being discussed. It tacitly submits t