Krio women of Sierra Leone
Subtitle: embracing a culture of many parts
By: Filomina Chioma Steady
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Linus Learning
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Ronkonkoma, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781607976424
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Women, Creole (Sierra Leone); Social life and customs; Women; Ethnology
Notes: Contains bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.
Table of contents: title: Freetown Krio society; title: Women, education and employment; title: Women's associations; title: A Krio model; title: A flexible and diverse kinship and family system; title: Life cycle events; title: from childhood to adolescence; title: Life cycle events; title: the marriage process; title: Life cycle events; title: death, funerals and after-death rituals; title: The cultural significance of Saturday and Sunday; title: Concluding remarks; title: embracing a culture of many parts; title: Selected Krio proverbs and sayings; title: a bonus; title: Selected life histories; title: a bonus.; title: Mrs. Lati Hyde-Forster : first female university graduate. Former principale of the Annie Walsh Memorial School; title: Mrs. Miriam Harper : domestic science teacher and organization woman; title: Olayinka Burney-Nicol : first woman artist; title: Dr. Christiana Thorpe : chairperson and chief electoral commissioner, National Electoral Commission. Former Minister of Education.; title: Mrs. Cassandra Garber : former principal, Freetown Secondary School for Girls and president of the Krio Descendants Union; title: Ambassador Haja Mrs Alari Cole : retired educationist and diplomat; title: Mrs. Yvonne Gibril : former deputy governor, Bank of Sierra Leone; director, Sababu Project; title: Ministry of Education; title: Dr. Euphemia C. Gooding, MBBS, MSc : fellow of the West African College of Physicians, faculty trainer in family medicine.