THE NORTHERN NIGERIAN WOMAN REWRITTEN: FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON HADIZA ISMA EL-RUFA'I'S AN ABUNDANCE OF SCORPIONS

The Nigerian woman writer has focused her energy on creating stories of women experiences in relation to other aspects of their lives. The Nigerian woman writer is also determined to face many challenges and obstacles that she might come across, hence her venture into new territories. The Northern Nigerian woman writer is no exception in this regard. She has been paying attention to matters relating to the society and those that relate to the woman. The new vision of the Northern Nigerian woman writer is that of power, beauty and endurance in creating powerful characters. It is against this background that this paper surveys Hadiza Isma El-Rufai’s novel, An Abundance of Scorpions from a feminine viewpoint with the aim of showcasing the new strides taken by the Northern Nigerian woman writer.