African Motherhood: A Panic History in The Bluest Eye and Beloved

Mukhtar Ahmad Ganie,Dr Shubhra Tripathi

doi:10.24113/ijellh.v9i8.11148

Abstract

Mother is a bonus bestowed upon humanity by Almighty Allah as she can claim all the calamities for her children to make them safe. The importance of mother as suggested by Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) If I (PBUH) would have been in prayer (Salat) and she (Mother) had called me, I (PBUH) would have left my prayer to listen to her first and then I would have completed my prayer. Here it shows the essence of mother, as she is the source for a man to claim the heaven. Nissim Ezekiel in one of his poems says, ‘Thank God! Scorpion picked on me and spared my children’ this shows that she can suffer the pain of poison to make safety of her children possible. African motherhood is a paradigm for mothers all over the world. These black mothers have suffered sexual abuse during the period of slavery to save their wards. They worked very hard and even sometimes murdered their children to save them from slavery and sexual assault from the rich white masters. Same thing can be seen in the novels of this study. This research paper will explore the circumstances that compelled mothers to sacrifice their wards and suffer the pangs for whole life. Importance of motherhood will be explored here.

Highlights

Mother is the fountain and conduit of creation; she is a blessing upon humanity by the Almighty Allah
Lakshmi and Zainab Abdul Aziz Al Suhaibani 41).When we talk about the motherhood in African literature Toni Morrison comes to our lips for she has presented the tale of pain that African mothers suffered during the slavery period
“You don’t understand anything, do you? She didn’t even believe me when I told her” (The Bluest Eye 125).Telling about her suppressed self to her friends Pecola says that her complaint was not heeded by her mother though she tried to tell her about the rape she has undergone

Summary

Introduction

Mother is the fountain and conduit of creation; she is a blessing upon humanity by the Almighty Allah. It is where mother looks to physical care of our children and to enhance the wards from all sides Andrea focuses on political value which gives power to motherhood. She must not be like Mavis or Pauline but like Sethe who gave her all for her daughter or like Mrs Mac Teer who cares Pecola like her own child.

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