Introduction Toni Morrison’s Sula challenges the traditional idea that romantic love is the most meaningful connection in life. Most novels celebrate marriage as the ultimate human bond, but Morrison’s powerful narrative insists otherwise. In Sula, female friendship—raw, tender, and rebellious—emerges as a force more primal, dangerous, and enduring than romance itself. Written during the height of Second Wave Feminism, Sula reflects the spirit of women seeking liberation. Morrison, however, offers a distinctly Black feminist perspective that resists universalised notions of womanhood. Her...