Women Writing Africa
Subtitle: West Africa and the Sahel
By: edited by Esi Sutherland-Addy and Aminata Diaw
Contributors: Sutherland-Addy, Esi; Diaw, Aminata
Edition: 1st ed
Series: The women writing Africa project -- v. 2
Publisher: Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: West African literature -- Women authors; Folk literature -- Africa, West; Oral tradition -- Africa, West; Women -- Africa, West -- Literary collections; Women -- Africa, West -- History -- Sources; Africa, West -- Literary collections; Africa, West -- History -- Sources
Genres: Literary collections; Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-83) and index
Table of contents: title: Ritual and ceremonial words; title: Thirteenth century to 1916: the age of African empires; title: Lullabies and songs of young women; title: Work songs; title: The 1970s and 1980s: negotiating new social identities; title: Songs and tales of social negotiation; title: The 1990s and the new century