Ama Ata Aidoo’s play Anowa is based on a traditional folktale of the legend of the disobedient daughter in the oral literature of Ghana. It is set in the 1870’s in the Gold Coast, a place which is stuck between the traditional culture and the chaos of the post colonial cultural modernity. Aidoo portrays Anowa as the modern disobedient daughter of the tale and locates her experiences in the heritage of the imperialism, slavery, economic exploitation, and male dominance. Two another importance voices in the play are Badua, Anowa’s mother, who, is held responsible for Anowa’s disobedient behaviour and an Old Woman, who becomes the mouthpiece of the society. The paper will study by a feminist approach how the society views Anowa as a disobedient daughter. It will highlight Anowa as a modern independent woman and how her inability to bear any children and her views regarding slavery, ends up destroying her marriage and her life. The focus will be on the identity crises that Anowa faces as she is unable to comprehend her status as disobedient.