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Books on: african women

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Circle Thinking: African Women Theologians in Dialogue with the West

Book by Carrie Pemberton; Brill, 2003

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Church History, Church Work With Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Circle Of Concerned African Women Theologians, Theology, Doctrinal--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History, Women In Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women Theologians--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Leeds) XXV CIRCLE THINKING African Women Theologians in Dialogue with the...LOCATION OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS Introduction 28...CONTEXT OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS Introduction 159...
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African Women: A Modern History

Book by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Beth Gillian Raps; Westview Press, 1997

Subjects:

Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--19th Century, Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

"A cornucopia of historical & contemporary information about the life of women south of the Sahara.... An essential work." Choice "[A] pathbreaking effort.... Fills a conspicuous gap in African studies." Foreign Affairs
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Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers

Book by Christina H. Gladwin; University of Florida Press, 1991

Subjects:

Agricultural Subsidies--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Agriculture And State--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Women Agricultural Laborers--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Women Farmers--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses

Collections: Entire Library

Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers Edited by Christina...for There is no question that African women provide most of the labor required...
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Patriarchy and Class: African Women in the Home and the Workforce

Book by Sharon B. Stichter, Jane L. Parpart; Westview Press, 1988

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions--1960-, Patriarchy--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Sex Role--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Editor Patriarchy and Class: African Women in the Home and the Workforce...White Patriarchy and Class African Women in the Home and the Workforce...a Materialist Perspective on African Women , Sharon B. Stichter and Jane...
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Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge: African Women in Imperialist Discourses

Book by Obioma Nnaemeka; Praeger, 2005

Subjects:

Africa--Colonial Influence, Body, Human--Social Aspects--Africa, Female Circumcision--Africa

Collections: Entire Library

...the Politics of Knowledge African Women in Imperialist Discourses Edited...and the politics of knowledge : African women in imperialist discourses...Challenges of Border-Crossing: African Women and 3 Transnational Feminisms...

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Journal Articles on: african women

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African Women: A Modern History

Journal article by Claire Robertson; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999

Subjects:

African Women: A Modern History (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

African Women: A Modern History by Claire Robertson African Women: A Modern History. By Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch...in the small field of textbooks about African women. Like other volumes, this one has a primary...
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The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: Its Contribution to Ecumenical Formation

Journal article by Isabel Apawo Phiri; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 57, 2005

Subjects:

Lutheran World Federation--Membership, Religious works--Analysis, Theology--Study and teaching, Women theologians--Social aspects, Women theologians--Works

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians: Its Contribution...contribution of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in ecumenical formation...patriarchal. The visions of African women must be allowed to determine...
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Calling the Church to Account: African Women and Liberation

Journal article by Mercy Oduyoye; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 47, 1995

Subjects:

Sex discrimination against women--Religious aspects, Women in Christianity--Attitudes, Women's rights--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Calling the church to account: African women and liberation. by Mercy...religions. It is painful to observe African women whose female ancestors were dynamically...theological. If - and, indeed, many African women suspect this is true - it is menstruation...
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Partner Violence Elevates the Risk of HIV Infection for South African Women

Journal article by R. Maclean; International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 30, 2004

Subjects:

Abused women--Health aspects, Female-male relations--Health aspects, HIV infection--Risk factors, HIV infections--Risk factors, Sexual abuse--Health aspects

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...Elevates the Risk of HIV Infection for South African Women. by R. MacLean Fifty-five percent of women who participated in a study on gender-based...when sexual risk behaviors common among women who have a history of gender-based violence...
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Dollars and Lipstick: The United States through the Eyes of African Women

Journal article by Yvette Djachechi Monga; Africa, Vol. 70, 2000

Subjects:

Africa--Social aspects, Africans--Attitudes, Americanization--Social aspects, Cameroon--Social aspects, Women's rights--Africa

Collections: Entire Library

...UNITED STATES THROUGH THE EYES OF AFRICAN WOMEN. by Yvette Djachechi Monga...to an influx of asylum seekers: African women (Silvestre, 1991:16, Talton, 1992...reflections of the image that African women in general and Cameroonian women...

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Magazine Articles on: african women

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Latino Links: A Homage to African Women

Magazine article; African Business, August 2003

Subjects:

African music--Works, Music--Works, Musicians--Works

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Latino Links: A Homage to African Women. MARTINA Africando Sterns...decade, this album is dedicated to African women. Whether it is songs celebrating...salute the beauty and elegance of African women, and acknowledge the pivotal role...
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Oprah Winfrey Endows NYU Program for African Women

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, June 6, 2002

Subjects:

Blacks, Colleges & universities, Education, Endowment, Foundations, Graduate studies, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups, New York University, Public policy, Scholarships & fellowshipsEducation, Winfrey, Oprah, Women

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Oprah Winfrey Endows NYU Program for African Women The Oprah Winfrey Foundation has awarded...of The Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program for African Women. The program, which will allow African women to pursue graduate studies in public policy...
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Zambian Beauties Lead the Way: African Women Are Advancing Rapidly in High-Profile Activities Such as Television Presentation and Beauty Pageants ... and Zambians Are in the Vanguard of That Advance, Reports Clayton Goodwin

Magazine article by Clayton Goodwin; New African, November 2007

Subjects:

Beauty contestants--Physiological aspects, Beauty contestants--Practice, Beauty contests--Social aspects, Black women--Physiological aspects, Black women--Practice, Television personalities--Physiological aspects, Television personalities--Practice, Women, Black--Physiological aspects, Women, Black--Practice

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Zambian Beauties Lead the Way: African Women Are Advancing Rapidly in High...would like to encourage more African women to become news presenters. "It is very important for African women, both white and black, to get...
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African Women in Business: Celine Edi-Musembe

Magazine article; African Business, October 1997

Subjects:

Edi-musembe, Celine--Behavior, Women executives--Behavior

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African Women in Business: Celine Edi-Musembe...in mind the important forthcoming pan-African Women in Management conference (due to be held...the first of a series of profiles on African women in Business. CELINE EDI-MUSEMBE (right...
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Tribute to African Women in Finance

Magazine article by Anver Versi; African Business, October 2007

Subjects:

Banking industry--Officials and employees, Black women--Management, Businesswomen--Management, Women, Black--Management

Collections: Entire Library

Tribute to African Women in Finance. by Anver Versi...continent may be surprised to learn that African women have reached the highest positions...fact, by and large, the true worth of African women is often downplayed as they continue...

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Newspaper Articles on: african women

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Fair Way to See U.S. South African Women Spending Summer Working for Carnival

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 8, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Fair Way to See U.S. South African Women Spending Summer Working for Carnival. Byline: Scott Sanders...Afrikaans-accented English, which is somewhat similar to Dutch. What do the women like best about America? The nice clothes, they say, which are...
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Incontinence African Scourge; Lack of Medical Care Turns Girls, Women into Pariahs

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 17, 2007

Subjects:

Health care industry, Urinary incontinence, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Incontinence African Scourge; Lack of Medical Care Turns Girls, Women into Pariahs. Byline: Andy...As many as 3 million girls and women in the developing world without...ending in a stillbirth. Affected women, many of whom are teenagers in...
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SHAM BRIDES FIXER FACING DEPORTATION; African Wedding Planner Paid 'Willing Women from Paisley'

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 9, 2008

Subjects:

Wedding services industry, Wedding supplies and services industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BRIDES FIXER FACING DEPORTATION; African Wedding Planner Paid Willing Women from Paisley. Byline: By...sham marriages. He matched up African students who wanted UK citizenship...best place" in Britain to find women desperate enough to agree to...
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Danger Calls for TV's African Queen; Real Women Wildlife Film-Maker Saba Douglas-Hamilton Has a Taste for Adventure Which She Puts Down to Her Scots Side. GRAHAM KEAL Trekked to Bristol to Find out about Her Daredevil Explorations of Scary Territories in BBC2 Series Unknown Africa, but since Then Saba Has Been Engulfed by the Unrest in Kenya, Her Own Adopted Country

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 18, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Danger Calls for TVs African Queen; Real Women Wildlife Film-Maker Saba Douglas-Hamilton...barefoot Saba sweeping away like some African Cinderella comes to mind. Its an...dark jungle heart of the Central African Republic. More of that later, but...
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SHAM BRIDES FIXER FACING DEPORTATION; African Wedding Planner Paid 'Willing Women from Paisley'

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 9, 2008

Subjects:

Wedding services industry, Wedding supplies and services industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...BRIDES FIXER FACING DEPORTATION; African Wedding Planner Paid Willing Women from Paisley. Byline: By...sham marriages. He matched up African students who wanted UK citizenship...best place" in Britain to find women desperate enough to agree to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african women

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African Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...restricts knowledge of the antiquity of African art. As the value of these works was inseparable...in ceremonies to show the importance of women. The Baule of Cote dIvoire (the Ivory...perdue (lost wax) process found in many W African regions. They portray human and animal...
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South African War

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...guerrilla units, and adopted a scorched-earth policy. Boer women and children were herded into concentration camps where unhealth...most of whom were children, and perhaps 20,000 or more black Africans also died. Thousands of farms were torched, some 40 towns destroyed...
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Aidoo, Ama Ata

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...she writes of the contemporary roles of African women and the negative impact of Western influences on African culture. Her first play, The Dilemma...1991), which explores a contemporary African marriage. See V. O. Odamtten, The Art...
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Emecheta, Buchi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...remained in England and wrote novels about the struggles of African women moving from traditional to modern roles in societies...Nigeria and are highly critical of the treatment of African women. These include The Bride Price (1976), the ironically...
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Sembene, Ousmane

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...his final films, Faat-Kine (2000) and Moolaade (2004), both of which again reflect Sembenes profound concern for African women. See F. Pfaff, The Cinema of Ousmane Sembene (1984); R. Faulkingham et al., ed., Ousmane Sembene: Dialogues with...

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