Life Histories of African Women - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573922978 ISBN 13: 9781573922975

Publisher: Humanities Press, 1987

Synopsis

This volume contains seven life histories of African women from different geographical areas and from varying cultural backgrounds. Many of these women's lives were affected by the European colonial presence in Africa, yet others reflect the influence of Islam. By reading them together, one gains insight into the changing ways of traditional society as they affect women. Each life history is introduced by a contributing editor, who brings to bear his or her particular scholarly expertise, as a historian, folklorist, anthropologist or linguist, on the subject each chooses to relate.

About this title

About the Author:

Particia Romero teaches African and Women's History in the Africana Department of Johns Hopkins University. She is author and editor of numerous books including Women's Voices on Africa and African Women: A Historical Panorama.

Review:

"...give[s] the interested reader a sense of the diversity of African cultures." -- The Women's Review of Books

About this edition

• Publisher: Humanities Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1573922978
• ISBN 13: 9781573922975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Romero Patricia