Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, the author explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity.
This is a fabulous book. It is invaluable to anyone studying African women, or Africa in general. Although scholarly and well-researched, it is also engrossing--not at all a dry or hard-to-get-through textbook.
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