Democracy and the rise of women's movements in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Kathleen M. Fallon.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780801890086
Subjects: Women and democracy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Women in politics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reclaiming power; title: Queenmothers, colonization, and the struggle for legitimacy; title: Democracy in perspective; title: The iron fist; title: Capturing democracy; title: Big men, small girls, and the politics of power; title: Women on the move.