Feminism is the belief that women are and should be treated as potential intellectual and social equals to men. According to Tyson, feminist criticism is concerned with the ways in which literature reinforces or weakens the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women. “Changes” is a story written by Ama Ata Aidoo that chronicles a career-focused period in the life of an African woman; Esi, who divorced her husband after he raped her and later married Ali, a Muslim who already had a wife and children. After the wedding Ali spends little time with her and in her loneliness she is tempted to betray her best friend by cheating on her husband. The writer of this story; Professor Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanaian author, playwright and academic. Professor Ama Ata Aidoo was born on 23 March 1940 in the Royal House of Saltpond. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the Legon University of Ghana and became a lecturer. While there, she produced her first play in 1964. In January 1982 she was appointed Minister of Education and resigned after 18 months. She then moved to Zimbabwe to become a full-time writer and also lived and taught in the United States. He has won numerous literary awards including the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best books in 1992 for the short story "Changes". The story was written at the end of the 20th century, during the third wave where African women's struggles were based on class, race, among other things. Writers like Gloria Anzaldua and bell hooks advocated a new conception of feminist subjectivity that took race, class, and gender into account. The story features two main characters; Esi and Opokuya. Both women are educated and gainfully employed...... middle of paper ......who controls his family and shows his manhood in all situations. So we can see that Oko did what he did because he wanted to prove his manhood. Ama Ata Aidoo portrays Kubi, Opokuya's husband and Esi's second husband; Ali as unfaithful partners. In the story Kubi tries to sleep with Esi by pretending to console her. Ali on the other hand married Esi for her beauty even though he had a wife who abandoned her education and career to marry him, and after marrying Esi, he was again attracted to his new secretary. Aidoo does this to show how men can be unfaithful and selfish at times. From the analysis of the above story, we can see that it was written from a feminist perspective by looking at how women are portrayed compared to men. In light of this we can conclude by saying that the story “Changes” appeals more to women than to men.