African Women: A Modern History

Table of contents

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• Social Change in Global Perspective iii
• Title Page v
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part One - Nineteenth- Century Women 7
• 1 - Peasant Women 9
• 2 - Slave Women 21
• 3 - Women and Trade at the Dawn of Colonialism 30
• 4 - Powerful Women 34
• 5 - Female Identity and Culture 45
• Part Two - From the Country to the City 57
• 6 - Rural Women and Colonialism 59
• 7 - Women and Urban Migration 73
• Part Three - Women in the City from Colonization to Independence 87
• 8 - The Urban Condition 89

• Social Change in Global Perspective iii
• Title Page v
• Contents ix
• Illustrations xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part One - Nineteenth- Century Women 7
• 1 - Peasant Women 9
• 2 - Slave Women 21
• 3 - Women and Trade at the Dawn of Colonialism 30
• 4 - Powerful Women 34
• 5 - Female Identity and Culture 45
• Part Two - From the Country to the City 57
• 6 - Rural Women and Colonialism 59
• 7 - Women and Urban Migration 73
• Part Three - Women in the City from Colonization to Independence 87
• 8 - The Urban Condition 89
• 9 - Women and Trade 94
• 10 - Domestic Service 109
• 11 - Prostitution: from Free" Women to Women with Aids" 117
• 12 - Women and Factory Work 129
• 13 - Women and Poverty: The Future of Female Informal-Sector Employment 136
• Part Four - Women and Modern Life 141
• 14 - Women and School 143
• 15 - Women and Politics: Resistance and Action in West Africa 159
• 16 - Women and Politics: Delay in Zaire 184
• 17 - Women and Politics: The Wars for National Liberation 188
• 18 - Sexuality and Emancipation 200
• Conclusion: the Future 231
• Notes 235
• Bibliography: African Women in Modern History 265
• About the Book and Author 286
• Index 287