This article assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Bones in relation to how it portrays men and women responding to the challenges of a colonial situation which is dynamically changing. The main thrust of the article is that Hove is much more interesting when unmasking the cowardice and limitations of male characters using a style influenced by African Orature but his treatment of women characters is problematic. Consequently, his success is necessarily a controversial one and unlikely to satisfy the expectations of feminist thinkers and writers
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