Author: LittlePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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African women in towns-an aspect of africa, s social revolution
Author: LittleAfrican Women in Towns
Author: Kenneth Lindsay LittlePublisher:
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African Women in Towns
Author: Kenneth LittleAfrican Women in Towns
Author: Kenneth LittlePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521202374
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This 1973 book analyses the changing position of women in an urban context in sub-Saharan Africa. In spite of the fact that women, at the time of publication, were often important leaders of opinion and in these countries the proportion of women in professional work was at least as large as in Britain, few researchers and even fewer television and newspaper reporters paid them sufficient attention. As the new role of women in Africa was peculiarly a phenomenon of the city, Professor Little's book uses the concept of urbanization in order to analyse the radical changes taking place. He shows how certain women's movements were growing out of the African woman's desire for a new relationship with the man. This leads him to consider the part played by women in the political arena, and women's position not only in monogamous marriage, but also in extra-marital and sexual relationships.
Courtyards, Markets, City Streets
Author: Kathleen SheldonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429969791
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Although women have long been active residents in African cities, explorations of their contributions have been marginal. This volume brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case studies to illustrate their contributions to family, community, work, and political life. The book begins with a rich introduction that discusses how women's work in trade and agriculture has been the foundation of African urbanization. The contributors then focus on patterns of migration and urbanization, with an emphasis on the personal and social issues that influence the decision to migrate from rural areas; women's employment in varied activities from selling crafts to managing small businesses; the sometimes unavoidable practice of prostitution when options are limited; the emergence of complex new family formations deriving from access to courts and the continued strength of polygyny; and women's participation in community and political activities. The volume includes material from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa and brings together scholars from all the social sciences.
Women in African Colonial Histories
Author: Jean AllmanPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253108876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
How did African women negotiate the complex political, economic, and social forces of colonialism in their daily lives? How did they make meaningful lives for themselves in a world that challenged fundamental notions of work, sexuality, marriage, motherhood, and family? By considering the lives of ordinary African women -- farmers, queen mothers, midwives, urban dwellers, migrants, and political leaders -- in the context of particular colonial conditions at specific places and times, Women in African Colonial Histories challenges the notion of a homogeneous "African women's experience." While recognizing the inherent violence and brutality of the colonial encounter, the essays in this lively volume show that African women were not simply the hapless victims of European political rule. Innovative use of primary sources, including life histories, oral narratives, court cases, newspapers, colonial archives, and physical evidence, attests that African women's experiences defy static representation. Readers at all levels will find this an important contribution to ongoing debates in African women's history and African colonial history.
African Women
Author: Christine ObboPublisher: London : Zed Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
East Africa. Monograph on the struggle for women's rights, women's' equal opportunity and economic independence through rural migration - examines social change trends and the impact of urbanization, marriage and the family, motivations and living conditions of migrants (incl. Single and married women), occupations of woman workers, men-female conflict and attitudes towards women's social status, etc. Map, references and statistical tables.
Women in South African History
Author: Nomboniso GasaPublisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796921741
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete text of the printed volume.
Courtyards, Markets, City Streets
Author: Kathleen SheldonPublisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 9780813386867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Although women have long been active residents in African cities, explorations of their contributions have been marginal. This volume brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case studies to illustrate their contributions to family, community, work, and political life. The book begins with a rich introduction that discusses how women's work in trade and agriculture has been the foundation of African urbanization. The contributors then focus on patterns of migration and urbanization, with an emphasis on the personal and social issues that influence the decision to migrate from rural areas; women's employment in varied activities from selling crafts to managing small businesses; the sometimes unavoidable practice of prostitution when options are limited ; the emergence of complex new family formations deriving from access to courts and the continued strength of polygyny; and women's participation in community and political activities. The volume includes material from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa and brings together scholars from all the social sciences.
Women in Town
Author: Olivia N. MuchenaPublisher:
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Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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