Gender and Power in Sierra Leone [electronic resource] : Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries /
Day, L.author.
This book addresses the gendered political authority in Sierra Leone, a relatively unknown topic, and looks at the part it plays in women's history, political history, political transformation in Africa, and global women's political leadership.
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Cover; Gender and Power in Sierra Leone: Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Gender and Power: The Women Chiefs of Sierra Leone; Background; Contextualizing the Topic; Methodology; Notes on Documentary Sources; Chapter 1: Men's and Women's Cultural Associations: The Construction of Gender and Gendered Authority; Historical Background; Gender Parallels and Intersections in the Wunde, Humoi, Njaye/Yassi, Thoma, and Ragbenle Societies; The Sande Society and Women's Leadership
Poro: The Construction of Masculinity and the Legitimation of Political AuthorityCultural Associations, Gender Ambiguity, and Women Chiefs; Summary; Chapter 2: Women of Authority before the Colonial Era; Queens of Sherbro; Titled Queens of Gallinas and Koya; Summary; Chapter 3: Women Chiefs during the Nineteenth-Century Wars of Trade, Expansion, and State Building; Background; The Rise of a Warrior Class; Nyarroh of Bandasuma and the War in the Gallinas; Nenge and the Kpovei Guei (Dung Pot War) of Eastern Mende; Yoko of Senehun: Leader of the Kpaa Mende Confederacy; Summary
Chapter 4: Women Leaders and the Mediation of Colonial RuleThe Era of War Chiefs Ends; Women Chiefs Substitute for War Chiefs; Yoko of Senehun; Women and the Inscription of NdMahei Chieftaincy under Colonial Rule; Maajo Benya; Summary; Chapter 5: Women Chiefs in Building the Independent State; Paramount Chieftaincy and the Evolution of the Nation-State; The New Nation; Women Chiefs in Local Government; Women Chiefs as Representatives of Ruling Families; Women Chiefs and Secret Societies; Women Chiefs as Mediators; Women Chiefs: Party Politics, Power, and Risk
Women Chiefs and National PoliticsThe Contradictions of Women's Leadership; Summary; Chapter 6: Civil War and the Attack on Women's Customary Authority; Background to the Sierra Leone Civil War; Civil War; Women Chiefs and the War; Women Chiefs, the Women's Movement for Peace, and the Evolution of a Women's Rights Agenda; Women Chiefs in Postwar Sierra Leone; Women Chiefs, African Feminism, and a Feminist Agenda; Postscript; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Sierra Leone Women Chiefs; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book addresses the gendered political authority in Sierra Leone, a relatively unknown topic, and looks at the part it plays in women's history, political history, political transformation in Africa, and global women's political leadership.
Ethnicity.
Sociology.
Africa—History.
Africa—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Africa.
Ethnicity Studies.
Gender Studies.
African History.
African Politics.
African Culture.
Sociology, general.