Female Characters in Phaswane Mpe's Welcome to Our Hillbrow and Niq Mhlongo's Dog Eat Dog

This article examines two novels by Phaswane Mpe and Niq Mhlongo, Welcome to Our Hillbrow Dog Eat Dog, focusing on how they portray post-apartheid South African women their experiences during after the fall of apartheid. Set in early years Africa’s democracy, these can be read from a feminist perspective, which offers an opportunity investigate condition black struggle context legacies apartheid persisting male domination. The employs postcolonial feminism as approach studies comparatively see authors depict face double colonization stand up it. As analysis indicates, Mhlongo have voiced plight through female characters that continued carry burden legacy persistence patriarchy era. They also demonstrated resilience featuring reject exploitation seize opportunities offered newly-democratized nation.