ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a number of selected monochromatic figurations in Okediji’s work, foregrounding the oeuvre in indigenous allusions to music, folklore, mores, proverbs and other genres contextualizing the mythic elaborations of the culture. In every society, a set of behavioral and cultural traits are associated with the social roles of the males and females. However rigid the gender culture may appear on the surface, it actually is quite fluid on closer examination, since it is derivative of their belief system and worldview. Makinde affirms that a woman in Yoruba culture occupies various positions—a mother, a wife, a daughter, a priestess or even a mythological figure. He says further that the way a female is perceived depends on the position she occupies. Terms such as ‘patrilineal’ and ‘patrilocal’ may be inadequate to fully convey the complexity of the Yoruba gender equilibrium.
