Id e ntity is one of the most important developmental tasks of a human being, whichrnde fine s a se nse o f w h o ' one is, where one ha s been, and whe re one is go in g in life . Thernfonnation and development o f a h ea lth y id en tity gives an individua l an unde rstanding ofrnthe sameness a nd continuity of th e se lf over s pace and ti me. Ident ity deri ves from arnmU ltipli c it y of sources-- from nation al it y, ethni ci ty, social c lass, community, and gend e r.rnT hese sources are mostl y cOllnected with what we have developed and perceived w ithinrnth e kind of c ulture we are li vin g in. The co nfli ct on e fa ces to wards one's c ulturerncontributes to th e development of identity c risis. Identity cris is is indicated as le ad in g tornsoc ial deviance and confli ct. Th' s paper attempts to id e ntify and assess how African w riters throu gh their nov e ls ha verndepicted th e iss ue of 'Coloni zation, C ultural connic t and Id e ntity c ri sis ' . For thisrnpurpose, the stud y has taken two African wom en noveli sts, Buchi Emecheta from Nigeriarnand Tsi tsi Dangarembg a fTom Z im babwe and th e ir nove ls, e ntitl ed respec ti vely, The Joysrnof Motherhood and Ner vo us conditions. [n doi ng so, this study attempts to revca l howrnthese lit erary works ren ected th e con fli ct and identity c ri sis th e co loni zed Afri can nat io nrnha s faced m ainl y du e to colon ization. Different features circumcise stances, like, lang uage,rnedu ca tion , vocatio n, and religion is taken for a nalys is aselements that have co ntributedrnfor the cultural con tli c t and iden tit y c ri sis du e to co lon izati on that th e c haracters in thernnovel a re s ubj ected to Finally, it es tabli s hes how African wom en writers have showed to the wo rld through th e irrnlit erary works th e diffe re nt fundamental ps yc hological and phi losophical iss ues th at th eyrnfundraiser ying th e political, re li gio u s, and cultural co nflict that their continent has facedrnand is facing from a woman' sperspective.