Title: African women south of the Sahara /
Authors: Hay, Margaret Jean; Stichter, Sharon
Publisher: Longman Scientific & Technical ; Longman : J. Wiley,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Women Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions.; Women Africa, Sub-Saharan Social conditions; Women Political activity Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Africa, Sub-Saharan
Abstract: African Women South of the Sahara provides a comprehensive survey of the economic, social, cultural and political roles of women in Africa today and in the past. The book is written from the perspective of a number of disciplines, but sets the role of women in an historical context and covers all the major sub-Saharan nations and peoples, including South Africa.
Contents: Women in the rural economy: past, present, and future / Jeanne Koopman -- Women in the rural economy: contemporary variations / Jane Guyer -- Women in the urban economy / Claire Robertson -- Women in the changing African family / Betty Potash -- Case study: women and inheritance law in Zambia / Margaret Mulela Munalula and Winnie Sithole Mwenda -- Women in religion and secular ideology / Margaret Strobel -- Women in the arts / Lisa Aronson -- Women in African literature Deirdre LaPin -- Women's voluntary associations / Audrey Wipper.