| Summary: | This research examines domestic violence in the familial context with a special reference to the female gender as explored in Ikechukwu Asika’s Tamara. The study investigates variegated forms of violence related to the home such as verbal abuse, confinement, inequality, discrimination and sexism in the selected novel. The premises of this paper are that feminist concepts are relevant in discussing wholesome denigrating female experiences, and that considering the psychological implication of circumstances/behaviour, the application of Freudian psychoanalysis is essential. The study has discovered that domestic violence in the familial context breeds narcissism, a certain neurotic consequence that encourages vices which could lead to a total breakdown of self or cessation of life. The male-authored view adopts the feminist concept of negotiating spaces to accommodate oppressors—an African mentality structured under patriarchy.
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