Pauline Uwakweh

Pauline Ada Uwakweh is a Nigerian writer and academic. Writing as Pauline Onwubiko, she published Running for Cover (1988), a children's novel giving a child's-eye view of the Nigerian Civil War. She is a Professor of Literature in the English Department at North Carolina A&T State University. Her specialism is African writing and literature from the African diaspora, particularly women's writing. Quotes "Silencing comprises all imposed restrictions on women's social being, thinking and expressions that are religiously or culturally sanctioned. As a patriarchal weapon of control, it is used by the dominant male structure on the subordinate or muted female structure." "This fact, arising partly from the traditional social structure which places the female as a 'second-class' being, illustrates a significant factor in the silencing of the female voice. Silencing comprises all imposed restrictions on women's social being, thinking and expressions that are religiously or culturally sanctioned." "Voicing becomes an act of self-definition and liberation, enabling women to challenge patriarchal structures that have historically denied them the right to speak for themselves and define their own identities." External Links