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Re-inventing Africa: matriarchy, religion, and culture
Ifi Amadiume-
Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements (page vi)
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Preface (page vii)
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Introduction Writing Africa: African social history and the sociology of history (page 1)
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Part One Re-writing History (page 27)
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1 The matriarchal roots of Africa (page 29)
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2 Race and gender: Cheikh Anta Diop's moral philosophy (page 52)
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3 Theorizing matriarchy in Africa: kinship ideologies and systems in Africa and Europe (page 71)
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4 Women's achievements in African political systems: transforming culture for 500 years (page 89)
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5 Gender and social movements in Africa: a West African experience (page 109)
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6 Gender and the contestation of religion: a historical perspective on African societies (page 144)
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Part Two Decolonizing History (page 159)
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7 African women and politics: a history of transformation (page 161)
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8 Cycles of Western imperialism: feminism, race, gender, class and power (page 183)
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9 In the company of women: love, struggle, class and our feminisms (page 199)
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Index (page 208)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JMAS | 37.3 (Sept. 1999): 516-518 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-278X%28199909%2937%3A3%3C516%3ARAMRAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S |
JAH | 40.1 (1999): 166-167 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8537%281999%2940%3A1%3C166%3ADAH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |
CJAS | 32.3 (1998): 594-622 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0008-3968%281998%2932%3A3%3C594%3ACSTMSF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U |
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Citable Link
Published: c1997
Publisher: Bloomsbury
- 9781856495332 (hardcover)
- 9781856495349 (paper)