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ABSTRACT
The concerns about gender roles in Africa and Nigeria in particular have been the concern of different writers from the continent. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossom and Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow shed light on patriarchy and the sexist treatment of women. This study explores the subjugation of women across familial, and societal lines, interrogating marriage laws and restrictions women suffer as traditions and norms that are generally accepted in society. It further investigates how women are forced to conform to cultural ideologies and systems that consider them an inferior and insignificant gender in society. This study arouses scholarly sentiments and investigates the need to undo patriarchy from its roots and establish systems that accommodate gender equality and fairness in Nigerian and African societies. It also highlights the role religious organisations have to play in this regard. This study therefore calls for a review of the culture and tradition within Africa and Nigeria in particular that shape gender ideologies and define the roles of both sexes.
