Holding the World Together: African Women in Changing Perspective [Paperback]

Featuring contributions from some of the most accomplished scholars on the topic,Holding the World Togetherexplores the rich and varied ways in which women have wielded power across the African continent, from the precolonial period to the present. Suitable for classroom use, this comprehensive volume considers such topics as the representation of African women, their role in national liberation movements, their experiences of religious fundamentalism (both Christian and Muslim), their incorporation into the world economy, changing family and marriage systems, impacts of the world economy on their lives and livelihoods, and the unique challenges they face in the areas of health and disease.

Contributors: Nwando Achebe, Ousseina Alidou, Signe Arnfred, Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois, Henryatta Ballah, Teresa Barnes, Josephine Beoku-Betts, Emily Burril, Abena P. A. Busia, Gracia Clark, Alicia Decker, Karen Flint, December Green, Cajetan Iheka, Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth M. Perego, Claire Robertson, Kathleen Sheldon, Aili Mari Tripp, Cassandra Veney

Suitable for classroom use, this comprehensive volume demonstrates social, economic, and cultural changes on the African continent and internationally.

“This fresh and exciting book presents African women through time and across space in their full complexity and with their full agency. A must-read for anyone studying gender, women, or girls in Africa.”—Jennie E. Burnet, Georgia State University

“Stands alone for its comprehensive content and multidisciplinary approach. Readers will appreciate the significant amount of scholarship on and by African women, the evolution of that literature and its dynamic relationship with intellectual currents, and social, economic, and cultural changes on the continent and internationally.”—Judith A. Byfield, Cornell University

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