African Womanhood And The Feminist Agenda

Author : Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando,Hungwe, Chipo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781668497234

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Women Empowerment and the Feminist Agenda in Africa by Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando,Hungwe, Chipo Pdf

This book argues that African women's lived experiences are often spoken about authoritatively by people who are not included within this demographic, relegating these women to the role of spectators in their own stories. The dominant narratives of African womanhood, legitimized by intellectual discourse, are neither written by African women nor Africans in general. This book seeks to place feminism in Africa into its historical context by revisiting the experiences, practices, vision, and theories of feminism and gender in Africa. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive introduction to the field and provide a starting point for further and more advanced study of the nexus of feminism, gender, and development in Africa. Women Empowerment and the Feminist Agenda in Africa is designed to initiate post-graduate research and studies in the social sciences for directed and critical inquiry into the nature of feminist and gender politics and power relations in Africa. It is written for researchers, academics, and advanced tertiary studies, although professional gender and feminist organizations, especially those in Africa or focusing on Africa, will also find a wealth of information. The book is recommended for university libraries, post-graduate students and staff, the non-governmental community in Africa, women movement organizations in Africa, independent researchers and academics, and the African community at large.

Author : Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando,Hungwe, Chipo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798369320006

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African Womanhood and the Feminist Agenda by Musingafi, Maxwell Constantine Chando,Hungwe, Chipo Pdf

Within academic circles, there is a longstanding issue concerning the portrayal and understanding of African womanhood. Frequently, these narratives are crafted by outsiders, predominantly Western scholars, often distorting the lived experiences and unique perspectives of African women. This has led to a skewed and sometimes negative perception of African women, reinforcing stereotypes, and sidelining their voices in critical discussions. Moreover, this misrepresentation has real-world consequences, as it impacts social justice initiatives and development projects that rely on misguided narratives rather than the authentic voices of African women. African Womanhood and the Feminist Agenda emerges as an essential solution to the misrepresentation of African women. This comprehensive and meticulously researched book offers an alternative narrative, one that is rooted in African perspectives and experiences. It addresses the historical, cultural, and political dimensions of African womanhood, providing a rich and nuanced understanding of this multifaceted topic.

Author : Akosua Adomako Ampofo,Josephine Beoku-Betts
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800711723

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Producing Inclusive Feminist Knowledge by Akosua Adomako Ampofo,Josephine Beoku-Betts Pdf

In the global South there is potential for politics to marginalize the diverse perspectives of subaltern communities. Exploring ongoing and new feminist dialogues in the global South, this book examines the ways in which dominant epistemologies are challenged, unique identities formed, and the implications for the global feminist agenda.

Author : Obioma Nnaemeka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313068744

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Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge by Obioma Nnaemeka Pdf

Heated debates about and insurgencies against female circumcision are symptoms of a disease emanating from a mindset that produced hierarchies of humans, conquered colonies, and built empires. The loss of colonies and empires does not in any way mitigate the ideological underpinnings of empire-building and the knowledge construction that subtends it. The mindset finds its articulation at points of coalescence. Female circumcision provided a point of coalescence and impetus for this articulation. Insisting that the hierarchy on which the imperialist project rests is not bipolar but multi-layered and more complex, the contributions in this volume demonstrate how imperialist discourses complicate issues of gender, race, and history. Nnaemeka gives voice to the silenced and marginalized, and creates space for them to participate in knowledge construction and theory making. The authors in this volume trace the travels of imperial and colonial discourses from antecedents in anthropology, travel writings, and missionary discourse, to modern configurations in films, literature, and popular culture. The contributors interrogate foreign, or Western, modus operandi and interventions in the so-called Third World and show how the resistance they generate can impede development work and undermine the true collaboration and partnership necessary to promote a transnational feminist agenda. With great clarity and in simple, accessible language, the contributors present complex ideas and arguments which hold significant implications for transnational feminism and development.

Author : Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122748267

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African Women and Feminism by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí Pdf

Author : Susan Bazilli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X002120518

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Putting Women on the Agenda by Susan Bazilli Pdf

Author : M. Turshen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230114326

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African Women by M. Turshen Pdf

This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.

Author : Obioma Nnaemeka
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020171646

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Sisterhood, Feminisms, and Power by Obioma Nnaemeka Pdf

This volume, which gathers prominent scholars, feminists, womanists, and creative writers from Africa and the African Diaspora, engages with candor and vigor issues and conflicts in feminism and black women studies - feminism and womanism debates, sisterhood and power struggles, research and documentation questions, elite and grassroots women relationship, urban and rural dichotomy, African and the African Diaspora relationship. Focusing on the pluralism of feminisms, these essays address the conflict between indigenous African feminisms and the radicalism of variants of Western feminism with their emphasis on sexuality and seeming oppositions to motherhood. They collectively argue that the African environment specifically should provide the context for any meaningful analysis of feminisms on the continent. The volume weaves theoretical questions, personal and collective engagements into a complex tapestry that spans Africa and the African Diaspora - from women organizing for change in South Africa and women's insurgency against colonialism in Nigeria to the problems of doing research on women in Uganda and building of a sisterhood in Memphis, Tennessee.

Author : Gwendolyn Mikell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081221580X

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African Feminism by Gwendolyn Mikell Pdf

"This book is the best thing I've seen on the question--not only of 'feminism' in its African articulation but also, more generally, on the question of how feminism emerges and what it means to those who espouse it."--Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Author : Njoki Nathani Wane,Katerina Deliovsky,Erica Lawson
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Black Canadian women
ISBN : 9781894549172

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Back to the Drawing Board by Njoki Nathani Wane,Katerina Deliovsky,Erica Lawson Pdf

What are the fundamental tenets of African-Canadian feminism? What are the elements of feminist theory that have contributed to African-Canadian feminist thought? African-American feminists have influenced thinking and writing in Canada. As well, Black-Canadian feminists have published on a wide range of issues relating to Black women's lives, history and experience. Back to the Drawing Board builds on this existing literature and maps out a new space in which to articulate a stronger vision of African-Canadian feminism. While the essays focus on key concepts and debates that underlie Black feminist theory and challenge the dominant structures that continue to exclude Black women, the objective is to bring the plurality of African-Canadian women's voices and experiences into the centre of analysis. To accomplish this, the editors draw on different theories and insights. The fourteen contributors come from different race and gender backgrounds and are committed to creating an empowering space where Black women can speak to and about each other and find a home for their words. They write on the subjects of Black-Canadian feminist thought, African-Canadian feminist historiography Black feminist political activism, white mainstream feminism as a liberatory movement Black women in the white feminism and anti-racist education Native education and spirituality that form and shape identity, how the media and law construct Black identity, the social consequences of interracial relationships. Includes a Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Back to the Drawing Board initiates a dialogue critical for defining feminisms that validate the contributions and experiences of African-Canadian women.

Author : Balghis Badri,Aili Mari Tripp
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783609109

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Women's Activism in Africa by Balghis Badri,Aili Mari Tripp Pdf

Throughout Africa, growing numbers of women are coming together and making their voices heard, mobilising around causes ranging from democracy and land rights to campaigns against domestic violence. In Tanzania and Tunisia, women have made major gains in their struggle for equal political rights, and in Sierra Leone and Liberia women have been at the forefront of efforts to promote peace and reconciliation. While some of these movements have been influenced by international feminism and external donors, increasingly it is African women who are shaping the global struggle for women's rights. Bringing together African authors who themselves are part of the activist groups, this collection represents the only comprehensive and up-to-date overview of women's movements in contemporary Africa. Drawing on case studies and fresh empirical material from across the continent, the authors challenge the prevailing assumption that notions of women's rights have trickled down from the global north to the south, showing instead that these movements have been shaped by above all the unique experiences and concerns of the local women involved.

Author : Aili Mari Tripp,Isabel Casimiro,Joy Kwesiga,Alice Mungwa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521704901

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African Women's Movements by Aili Mari Tripp,Isabel Casimiro,Joy Kwesiga,Alice Mungwa Pdf

Women burst onto the political scene in Africa after the 1990s, claiming more than one third of the parliamentary seats in countries like Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi. Women in Rwanda hold the highest percentage of legislative seats in the world. Women's movements lobbied for constitutional reforms and new legislation to expand women's rights. This book examines the convergence of factors behind these dramatic developments, including the emergence of autonomous women's movements, changes in international and regional norms regarding women's rights and representation, the availability of new resources to advance women's status, and the end of civil conflict. The book focuses on the cases of Cameroon, Uganda, and Mozambique, situating these countries in the broader African context. The authors provide a fascinating analysis of the way in which women are transforming the political landscape in Africa, by bringing to bear their unique perspectives as scholars who have also been parliamentarians, transnational activists, and leaders in these movements.

Author : Anne Marie Goetz,Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026602453

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No Shortcuts to Power by Anne Marie Goetz,Shireen Hassim Pdf

Goetz and Hassim provide a significant contribution to theorizing about women and political parties in Africa, and they offer useful guidance to feminist activists by combining analytical analysis with clear case studies of what has worked and what has failed. They place their work within the current move in feminist scholarship from analyzing women's activism in democratic transitions to examining women's capacity to push a gender equity agenda once they are in office.

Author : Samantha Van Schalkwyk
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443887571

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A Reflexive Inquiry into Gender Research by Samantha Van Schalkwyk Pdf

Questions that concern gender and violence against women have been placed firmly on the agenda of interdisciplinary research within the humanities in recent years. Gender-based violence against women has increased exponentially in South Africa and in other countries on the African continent, particularly those with a history of political conflict. Researchers who explore such gender issues have paid limited attention to the intersection between the social contexts of the researched, the positionality of the researcher and the research product. This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and scholar-activists to explore new terrains of knowledge production, interrogating the connection between the intellectual project of this kind of research and the process of its production. Some chapters draw on theoretical insights and provide new ways of thinking about the kinds of questions that should be asked when conducting research in the field of gender. Other authors grapple with an acknowledgement of their multiple social positions in the world, the ways in which they experience these ever-shifting boundaries, and how this influences their theoretical and practical work. Some contributions go further, discussing the ways in which the researcher and the researched influence each other, and the link between feminist research and social change. These chapters contribute to an understanding of how social movement activism can be developed. Overall, this book represents an important combination of scholarly insights, and provides multiple reflections about practical aspects of conducting gender research in the African context. The work of the contributors to the volume is situated within a post-structural feminist agenda, and, collectively, the chapters link scholarship and activism in a way that pursues a social change agenda in research on gender and gender-based violence.

Author : Christian Uche Akani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122995462

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Feminism and the African Woman by Christian Uche Akani Pdf