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I Will Not Eat Stone captures the resilience and tenacity of a generation of Asante women and their struggles in defense of social and economic autonomy.
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JEAN ALLMAN is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Minnesota.VICTORIA TASHJIAN is an Assistant Professor in the History in the Department at St. Norbert College.
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... a richly documented, seamlessly executed work that testifies to an exceptional level of scholarly collaboration, as well as to the knowledge and interpretive skills of both authors. Allman and Tashjian have deepened and enriched our understanding of women, men and social relations in colonial Asante, and set a very high standard for future research in African social history. - Sara Berry in AFRICAN AFFAIRS ... a probing and stimulating presentation of women's agency in the transition years of early colonialism, supported by exceptional written and oral testimony with a depth of detail that many histories, not just African history, are incapable of. The authors have accomplished a gendering of this history in ways previously unimaginable to most African and non-African historians alike. - Donna J. Maier in AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW This book is a valuable contribution to the history of women in Africa with particular reference to the Asante of Ghana. It has unearthed in great detail the experiences of Asante women in the areas of marriage, mothering and child rearing during the colonial period, set against the background of the economy with its emphasis on cash cropping and monetization, and the social setting with its provision of infrastructure, education and missions. - Akosua Perbi in JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY ... a fascinating study of Africa's legal, political and economic modernity... . It also brings to the fore the vexed subject of continued significance of customary authority, especially local chiefs, within a political framework that has no constitutionally relevant place for them. - Patrick Chabal in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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- PublisherHeinemann
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0325070016
- ISBN 13 9780325070018
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages312
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