The relationship between mother and daughter is at the center of Jamaica Kincaid’s literary production. The Antiguan author, who is a naturalized American, portrays a mother figure seeking to instill the values of the metropolis in an eponymous character who wishes to let go of parental authority, particularly in Annie John (1983) and Lucy (1990). In these two novels, the protagonists stand out for their refusal to accept the principles of patriarchy and colonialism most often conveyed by the mother. This project draws on Black feminism as advocated by scholars such as bell hooks, as well as postcolonialism, to show that women of African descent face many barriers stemming from sexism, racism, and discrimination based on social rank. It is structured around two parts. The first deals with the conflict between mother and daughter, which refers to the relationship between the metropolis and the colonized country in Annie, John and Lucy. The second analyzes the heroine’s revolt against the rules laid down by the (white) man in the two chosen works. Jamaica Kincaid thus depicts a complex relationship, marked by affection and rejection, whose main point of contention remains the omnipotence of patriarchal and colonial values in the space inhabited by a Caribbean woman wishing to forge an identity free of any external constraints.