| Aba, 153 politicized women in, 163-165 | |
| Aba Women's Association, 165 | |
| Abayomi, Oyinkan Morenike, 152, 153 160, 168 | |
| Abeokuta, 55 politicized women in, 169-172, 257(n16), 257(n22) | |
| Abeokuta Ladies' Club, 169 | |
| Abeokuta Women's Union (AWU), 169-172, 257(n22) | |
| Abidjan, 103, 226 AIDS in, 128 child labor in, 115 prostitution in, 128 women's march on, 177-179, 258(n36) See also specific peoples | |
| Abo, Léonie, 186-187 | |
| Abomey. See Benin | |
| Abraham, Liz, 132, 192 | |
| Accra, 90 and marriage, 19, 237(n25) child labor in, 115 market women in, 95, 96 prostitution in, 127 See also specific peoples | |
| Achebe, Chinua, 227 | |
| Action Group, 123, 168, 172, 173-174 | |
| Adandozan, 37 | |
| Addis Ababa and businesswomen, 105 and genital mutilation, 209 and migration, urban, 82, 246(n36) | |
| Adekogbe, Elizabeth Adeyemi, 173 | |
| Ademola, 169, 170, 172, 257(n22) | |
| Aetius, 207 | |
| AFCO. See Association des Femmes Commerçantes | |
| Africa (eastern) and farmers, women, 71 and land access, 65-68 and women chiefs, 36 | |
| Africa (southern) and subjugation of women, 56 powerful women in, 39-50 | |
| Africa (western) and land access, 68-69 female factory workers in, 134 genital mutilation in, 206 | |
| African Democratic Assembly, 158 | |
| African Methodist Episcopal church, 191 | |
| African National Congress (ANC), 48, 189-195, 230 | |
| African Yearly Register, 150 | |
| Afrikaners, 28 | |
| Afro-Brazilian women, 51, 55 and women's rights, 83 | |
| Agonglo, King (Danxhomé), 37 | |
| Agricultural hierarchy, 59-64 | |
| AIDS, 125, 217 and contraception, 223 and prostitution, 128 | |
| Aisa Kill Ngirmaramma, Queen, 37 | |
| Ajasa, Sir Akitoye, 254(n23) | |
| Akan, 178 and divorce, 221 and market women, 94, 95, 97, 103 and marriage, 237(n26) and polygamy, 213 and women's rights, 84, 85, 246(n46) | |
| Ake: The Years of Childhood( Soyinka), 161 | |
| Akengbuwa (chief of the Itsekiri kingdom), 37 | |
| Akitoye, 55 | |
| Alaga, Alhaja Humani, 174, 257(n29) |
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Book title: African Women:A Modern History.
Contributors: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch - Author, Beth Gillian Raps - Translator.
Publisher: Westview Press.
Place of publication: Boulder, CO.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: 287.
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