Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People (1966) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood (1977) are two timeworn novels in which the female characters have been portrayed according to the society of Africa at that time. Two novels reflect the conditions of women after the post-colonial period of Kenya and Nigeria. The paper intends to elaborate the status of women, their subjugation and their survival in patriarchal society; besides, the paper highlights the social, economic and political positions of women in light of feminism. The aim of this research is to present the condition of women, and to justify how African women are being subjugated at that period.

Post-colonial period, patriarchal society, justify.

Chinua Achebe (1903-2013) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-present) are two prominent writers in African literature. Two novels present the state of feminism in post-colonial period in Africa through the female characters in both texts. In December 12, 1963, Kenya declares its independence from Britain. A Man of the People and Petals of Blood are written just after the independence of Africa. African women do not get their right to establish themselves even after the independence. Women become the victim of the patriarchal society’s lust and power. Edna and Elsie, two female characters in A Man of the People, become the victim of Chief Nanga’s power, lust and money. In the same way, Wanja, the major female character in Petals of Blood, becomes the victim of men's lust and money. From the primitive age, women are treated badly in a male-dominating society. Though modernism brings a radical change in thought by breaking the traditional rules and existing ways of thinking in art, literature, science and psychology, the subjugation on women remains the same as before. Their souls do not get the light of hope and freedom. They are being treated like other commodities or objects. Men are not conscious about women's rights, whether it is colonial period or post-colonial period. Though some women get a few opportunities like men, most of the women don’t get the taste of rights, independence and freedom. Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o bring these issues in light through their writings. This paper tries to portray the shadow of their thoughts about the vulnerable conditions of women in light of their two novels.