CONTEXTUALIZING WOMEN PREDICAMENT IN JULIE OKOH'S IN OUR OWN VOICES AND DOYIN AGOURU REFUGEES OF THE GREAT LAKES.

This essay reveals the challenges women face in Nigeria with specific reference to the events in Okoh's In Our Own Voices and Doyin Agouru Refugees of the Great Lakes. The main objective of this study is to assess the predicament of women who are faced with Domestic violence and commodification in Nigeria. This study is analyzed through the Use of primary research, drawing data from both plays (In Our Own Voices and Refugees Of the Great Lakes). Women rights are perpetually compromised and violated by the laws and cultures of human societies, making it exigent for women to cry out against socio-cultural practices militating against them. This essay adopts the feminist perspective which focuses on two major predicament women experiences: domestic violence and commodification of women. It is also based on the foregoing that the study recommends the need for the traditional societies in Nigeria to review their cultural values with the view to expunge traditions that infringe on human rights.