Women and work in Africa
By: edited by Edna G. Bay.
Contributors: Bay, Edna G.; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series: Westview special studies on Africa
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- Africa -- Congresses
Description: Fourteen articles on women's means of livelihood in traditional, colonial, and modern settings throughout Africa. Examines the recent decline in women's abilities to meet their social and economic responsibilities and obligations. Recommends strategies for improvement of conditions. The underdevelopment of women in a variety of cultural contexts is considered and interpreted.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on the 1979 spring symposium of the African studies program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.