A History Of African Motherhood
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A History Of African Motherhood
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Author : Rhiannon Stephens
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-02
A History Of African Motherhood written by Rhiannon Stephens and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with History categories.
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE and using an interdisciplinary approach - drawing on historical linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and literature, as well as archival sources - this book shows the durability, mutability and complexity of ideologies of motherhood in this region.
A History Of African Motherhood
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Author : Rhiannon Stephens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
A History Of African Motherhood written by Rhiannon Stephens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Motherhood categories.
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural, and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE and using an interdisciplinary approach--drawing on historical linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and literature, as well as archival sources---this book shows the durability, mutability, and complexity of ideologies of motherhood in this region.--
Love Motherhood And The African Heritage
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Author : Femi Nzegwu
language : en
Publisher: African Renaissancepub
Release Date : 2001
Love Motherhood And The African Heritage written by Femi Nzegwu and has been published by African Renaissancepub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
Forty years after the restoration of independence in Africa following decades of European conquest and occupation of the continent, there has been little positive impact on the quality of life of most Africans in virtually every sphere of social, political, economic or spiritual existence. During the period, African governments have failed to establish effective socio-economic systems to counter the deleterious consequences of the occupation. One such consequence has been the impact on women, who, prior to the occupation, played a central role in the life of their societies. The aftermath of European hegemony on the African scene has been the displacement/marginalisation of the power, position, participation and contribution of African women in the social ordering and overall advancement of their society. Unfortunately, African governments, through their policies, have ensured that this crippling dis-equilibrium in society has become further entrenched. This is a subject that has been of major concern to Flora Nwapa, one of Africa's leading women novelists. Through Nwapa's writings, we examine the historical role which Igbo women exercised in their society; the pivotal and highly revered role of motherhood as an all-encompassing ideological framework of social ordering of the nation and the philosophical ethos which governed women's social, cultural, political, economic and spiritual life, the basis of which was the 'dual-gender' complementarity in place in society. The study concludes by demonstrating that only through a return to these time-honoured proven values of social co-existence can Africa extricate itself from the present state of human privations.
Reclaiming Home Remembering Motherhood Rewriting History
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Author : Marie Drews
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-05-05
Reclaiming Home Remembering Motherhood Rewriting History written by Marie Drews and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reclaiming Home, Remembering Motherhood, Rewriting History: African American and Afro-Caribbean Women’s Literature in the Twentieth Century offers a critical valuation of literature composed by black female writers and examines their projects of reclamation, rememory, and revision. As a collection, it engages black women writers’ efforts to create more inclusive conceptualizations of community, gender, and history, conceptualizations that take into account alternate lived and written experiences as well as imagined futures. Contributors to this collection probe the realms of gender studies, postcolonialism, and post-structural theory and suggest important ways in which to explore connections between home, motherhood, and history across the multifarious narratives of African American and Afro-Caribbean experiences. Together they argue that it is through their female characters that black women writers demonstrate the tumultuous processes of deciphering home and homeland, of articulating the complexities of mothering relationships, and of locating their own personal history within local and national narratives. Essays gathered in this collection consider the works of African American women writers (Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Audre Lorde, Lalita Tademy, Lorene Cary, Octavia Butler, Zora Neale Hurston, and Sherley Anne Williams) alongside the works of black women writers from the Caribbean (Jamaica Kincaid and Gisèle Pineau), Guyana (Grace Nichols), and Cuba (María de los Reyes Castillo Bueno).
Gender Sexuality And Mothering In Africa
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 2011
Gender Sexuality And Mothering In Africa written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Motherhood categories.
"This volume fills an important gap in our understanding of the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the phenomenon of mothering in African societies. Essays present the social construction of marriage, mothering, and widowhood and discuss the various ways in which marriages were negotiated, the impact of increasing teenage pregnancies and non-formal educational techniques on unwed teenage mothers, the effects of gendered violence on women, as well as the myriad ways in which violence manifests itself in the lives of women as viewed through the prisms of some literary works and dramas. The volume also provides compelling analyses about the increasingly important role of the legal sphere in mediating the conditionality of African women as well as the complex interplay between religion, sexuality, and politics, most especially as they impinge on the roles and status of African women. The chapters demonstrate quite convincingly that African women's roles are constantly evolving in response to numerous changes in societies and the global economy. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars, students, women's organizations, non-governmental organizations, politicians, public policy advocates, and members of the public at large." -- Publisher's description
Motherhood Childlessness And The Care Of Children In Atlantic Slave Societies
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Author : Camillia Cowling
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-21
Motherhood Childlessness And The Care Of Children In Atlantic Slave Societies written by Camillia Cowling and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with History categories.
This book provides critical perspectives on the multiple forms of ‘mothering’ that took place in Atlantic slave societies. Facing repeated child death, mothering was a site of trauma and grief for many, even as slaveholders romanticized enslaved women’s work in caring for slaveholders' children. Examining a wide range of societies including medieval Spain, Brazil, and New England, and including the work of historians based in Brazil, Cuba, the United States, and Britain, this collection breaks new ground in demonstrating the importance of mothering for the perpetuation of slavery, and the complexity of the experience of motherhood in such circumstances. This pathbreaking collection, on all aspects of the experience, politics, and representations of motherhood under Atlantic slavery, analyses societies across the Atlantic world, and will be of interest to those studying the history of slavery as well as those studying mothering throughout history. This book comprises two special issues, originally published in Slavery & Abolition and Women’s History Review.
Mother Is Gold Father Is Glass
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Author : Lorelle D. Semley
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-29
Mother Is Gold Father Is Glass written by Lorelle D. Semley and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-29 with History categories.
Lorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings of motherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far more complicated than previously thought. While in Kétu, Bénin, Semley discovered that women were treasurers, advisors, ritual specialists, and colonial agents in addition to their more familiar roles as queens, wives, and sisters. These women with special influence made it difficult for the French and others to enforce an ideal of subordinate women. As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear why powerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everyday practices.
We Live For The We
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Author : Dani McClain
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-02
We Live For The We written by Dani McClain and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Social Science categories.
A warm, wise, and urgent guide to parenting in uncertain times, from a longtime reporter on race, reproductive health, and politics In We Live for the We, first-time mother Dani McClain sets out to understand how to raise her daughter in what she, as a black woman, knows to be an unjust -- even hostile -- society. Black women are more likely to die during pregnancy or birth than any other race; black mothers must stand before television cameras telling the world that their slain children were human beings. What, then, is the best way to keep fear at bay and raise a child so she lives with dignity and joy? McClain spoke with mothers on the frontlines of movements for social, political, and cultural change who are grappling with the same questions. Following a child's development from infancy to the teenage years, We Live for the We touches on everything from the importance of creativity to building a mutually supportive community to navigating one's relationship with power and authority. It is an essential handbook to help us imagine the society we build for the next generation.
Uncertain Honor
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Author : Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2006-01-02
Uncertain Honor written by Jennifer Johnson-Hanks and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-02 with Family & Relationships categories.
Offering an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles, the author argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change.
Doing Conceptual History In Africa
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Author : Axel Fleisch
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2018-02-21
Doing Conceptual History In Africa written by Axel Fleisch and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with History categories.
Employing an innovative methodological toolkit, Doing Conceptual History in Africa provides a refreshingly broad and interdisciplinary approach to African historical studies. The studies assembled here focus on the complex role of language in Africa’s historical development, with a particular emphasis on pragmatics and semantics. From precolonial dynamics of wealth and poverty to the conceptual foundations of nationalist movements, each contribution strikes a balance between the local and the global, engaging with a distinctively African intellectual tradition while analyzing the regional and global contexts in which categories like “work,” “marriage,” and “land” take shape.