Life Histories Of African Women
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Women In African Colonial Histories
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Author : Susan Geiger
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2002-04
Women In African Colonial Histories written by Susan Geiger 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 2002-04 with History categories.
While recognising the inherent violence and brutality of the colonial encounter, the essays in this anthology show that African women were not simply the hapless victims of European political rule.
Life Histories Of African Women
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Author : Patricia Romero
language : en
Publisher: Humanity Books
Release Date : 1987-12
Life Histories Of African Women written by Patricia Romero and has been published by Humanity Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume contains seven life histories of African women from different geographical areas and from varying cultural backgrounds. Many of these women's lives were affected by the European colonial presence in Africa, yet others reflect the influence of Islam. By reading them together, one gains insight into the changing ways of traditional society as they affect women. Each life history is introduced by a contributing editor, who brings to bear his or her particular scholarly expertise, as a historian, folklorist, anthropologist or linguist, on the subject each chooses to relate.
Three Swahili Women
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Author : Sarah M. Mirza
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Three Swahili Women written by Sarah M. Mirza and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.
This exploration of the lives of three Mombasa women reveals the complexity of Swahili society—its ethnic diversity, the impact of slavery, and the varied reactions to colonialism and Western culture. They illustrate the rich interactions within the women’s community, focused on family and festive or ritual occasions. -- Publisher description.
Strategies Of Slaves Women
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Author : Marcia Wright
language : en
Publisher: James Currey
Release Date : 1993
Strategies Of Slaves Women written by Marcia Wright and has been published by James Currey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
"The lives of the six principal characters encountered in this volume--five women and one man--collectively extend from the mid nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. What is most revealing is the evidence of consciousness and changing circumstances in the decades before World War I as these people went from slavery to some sort of freedom. This alternation was not necessarily by a formal act of emancipation, but all the focus characters finally belonged to or were sheltered in a Christian community with a strong antislavery ideology and the capacity to provide a base for social reconstruction."--Page 4 of cover.
Old Wives Tales
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Author : Iris Andreski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Old Wives Tales written by Iris Andreski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Ibibio (African people) categories.
African Market Women
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Author : Gracia Clark
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2010
African Market Women written by Gracia Clark 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 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In these lively life stories, women market traders from Ghana comment on changing social and economic times and on reasons for their prosperity or decline in fortunes. Gracia Clark shows that market women are intimately connected with economic policy on a global scale. Many work at the intersection of sophisticated networks of transnational commerce and migration. They have dramatic memories of independence and the growth of their new nation, including political rivalries, price controls, and violent raids on the market. The experiences of these women give substance to their reflections on globalization, capital accumulation, colonialism, technological change, environmental degradation, teenage pregnancy, marriage, children, changing gender roles, and spirituality. Clark's commentary illuminates the complex historical and cultural setting of these deeply revealing lives.
African Women And Intellectual Leadership
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Author : Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-02-29
African Women And Intellectual Leadership written by Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-29 with Political Science categories.
This book highlights the pioneering roles of African women as leaders and role models in Kenya, providing examples taken from across education, health, business, and a range of other sectors. Drawing on authentic first-hand accounts and narratives from key women in leadership positions, and those who have lived with them, the book presents the life stories of women leaders over the last fifty years, aiming to preserve their contributions for posterity and to inspire young people with moral, ethical, and progressive role models. The book uses African knowledge production strategies that look at the human being holistically, in the prism of Ubuntu, in order to define leadership in Africa from an African perspective, one that celebrates the role of the mother figure and places women at the centre of African values and societal dynamics. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of African studies, gender studies, and Kenyan education and socio-political history.
African Women
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Author : Catherine Coquery-vidrovitch
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 1997-01-30
African Women written by Catherine Coquery-vidrovitch and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-30 with History categories.
This sweeping, innovative book is the first to reconstruct the full history of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch sheds light on issues ranging from gender to economy, politics, society, and culture. With its breadth of coverage and clear analysis of complex questions, this book is destined to become a standard text for scholars and students alike.
A Woman Of Africa
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Author : Nick Roddy
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2011
A Woman Of Africa written by Nick Roddy and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
‘I am an African woman. That’s not a political statement. I am not a Whoopee Goldberg or an Oprah Winfrey, a middle-class American in search of an identity or asserting a political right. I am a woman and I am African. That is all there is to it, and that is my tragedy.’In Douala, Cameroon, an African woman relates her life as a woman of Africa to a white oil company worker. Her story can be seen as an experience which encompasses a range of issues that affect women in Africa today, it touches upon Aids tribal prejudice, prostitution, poverty and ignorance.Viewing her life through the conflicting filters of religion and cynicism, her narrative is entertaining and moving. She relates, with no trace of self-pity, her life as a Biafran refugee, as a women in modern Cameroon and as an uneducated Anglophone in today’s Douala.The story she tells starts from her birth during the refugee crisis of Biafra. She grows to be a willful child who realises there is life outside the ghetto. The book follows her as she develops into a young woman whose singular, eccentric and colourful character drives her to embrace life furiously. In doing so she challenges the social norms of her society.Rarely self-analytical, she forces an almost existentist path through her limitations, frequently falling along the way but always pulling her self back up without a trace of despair. Through the force of her character she overcomes obstacles to succeed in her dream to become A Woman of Africa.This is an important new novel – and a fictionalised reworking of real life stories told to author Nick Roddy in Douala by Biafran refugees. Nick’s own experiences in the region also inform this novel – while writing it he was kidnapped by MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) and held captive in the Jungle for 3 weeks. Nick still spends part of each year living and in Douala.
Women S Roles In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Toyin Falola
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2012-01-06
Women S Roles In Sub Saharan Africa written by Toyin Falola and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-06 with Social Science categories.
This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shaped—and continue to shape—their societies. Women play essential, critical roles in every society; African women south of the Sahara are certainly no different. Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa adds significantly to our understanding of the ways in which women contribute to the fabric of human civilization. This book provides an in-depth exploration of African women's roles in society from precolonial periods to the contemporary era. Topical sections describe the roles that women play in family, courtship and marriage, religion, work, literature and arts, and government. Each of the six chapters has been structured to elucidate women's roles and functions in society as partners, as active participants, as defenders of their status and occupations, and as agents of change. Authors Nana Akua Amponsah and Toyin Falola present a thought-provoking work that looks at the complicated victimhood/powerful-female paradigm in women and gender studies in Africa, and challenge ideological interest in African historiography that privilege male representation.