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Author:

Africa History Conference (2010 : University of Texas at Austin)

Title:

Beyond tradition : African women in cultural and political spaces / edited by Toyin Falola and S.U. Fwatshak.

Publisher:

Africa World Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxxii, 368 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women--Africa--Congresses.--Congresses.--Congresses.
Women--Africa--Congresses.--Congresses.--Congresses.
Women in development--Africa--Congresses.--Congresses.
Sex role--Africa--Congresses.--Congresses.
Women in literature--Congresses.--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Falola, Toyin.
Fwatshak, Sati Umaru.

Notes:

"This book is based on selected papers presented at the 2010 Annual Africa History Conference held at the University of Texas at Austin between March 26 and 28"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

African women at the receiving end / Segun Ogungbemi -- Yoruba understanding of authentic motherhood / Balogun Abiodun Oladele -- Girl trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria / Sotunsa Mobolanle Ebunoluwa -- History, memory and imagination: Na Agontim©♭, a Dahomean queen in Brazil / Ana Lucia Araujo -- The image of God and image of women in Africa: African feminist liberation theology / Thomson Temitope Bello -- Religion, globalization and sexuality / Oludele Adesina Moyofade -- Protest against matchmaking: the example of Zulu Sofola's Song of a maiden / Okey Okwechime and Kola Eke -- Changing urban identities: Buchi Emecheta's Gwendolen and the joys of motherhood / Gretchen Kellough -- Feminism and the colonial subject in Ama Ata Aidoo's Our sister killjoy / Carrza L DuBose -- Media and (mis) representation of women in political leadership positions in Kenya / Joyce N. Omwoha --
Culture shock: psychological turmoil and the struggle for identity in Dangarembga's nervous conditions / Treena Balds -- A lexico-syntactic study of gender protest in selected works of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo / Temitope Abiodun Balogun -- A tribute to Modupeolu Faseke's "The Nigerian woman" / Nnamdi O. Madichie -- Nigerian pamphlet literature revisited: prurient fantasy or failed Nigerian erotica? / Ernest N. Emenyonu -- Neo-slavery and human trafficking in Boutora-Takpa's Journal d'une bonne / Ngozi O. Iloh -- Education and entrepreneurial characteristics of female academics in a Nigerian university: implication for retirement planning / Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi -- A second chance: an experiment in providing education for domestic girls in southwestern Nigeria / Obilade Oluyemisi Oluremi and Gbenga-Akinbiola Abosede Oluranti -- Combating emotional slavery: educating female polytechnic students on the dangers of cohabitation / Gbenga-Akibola Abosede Oluranti and Badekale Mojisola --
Empowering rural women through theater: the case of selected communities in lagos / Tunji Azeez -- Tutoring children of immigrants in a multicultural context: a case study / Esther Some-Guiebre -- Gender dimension of household solid waste management: a comparative study of two cities in southwestern Nigeria / E. O. Oloruntoba, A.O. Coker, A. O. Olowookere, and M. K. C. Sridhar -- Gender and higher education in Africa / Janet Nasambu Kassilly Barasa -- Nigerian women in politics: a study of the role of women in President Obasanjo's administration, 1999-2003 / Lewu Alaba Yetunde.

ISBN:

9781592218479 (pbk.)
1592218474 (pbk.)
9781592218462 (hard cover)
1592218466 (hard cover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)719673393

LCCN:

2011015825

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)