Women in Twentieth-Century Africa

by Iris Berger

Book Overview

During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. This book introduces many remarkable women, who organized religious and political movements, fought in anti-colonial wars, ran away to escape arranged marriages, and during the 1990s began successful campaigns for gender parity in national legislatures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521741211
• ISBN13: 9780521741217
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"