Stephens, Rhiannon, 1977-

A history of African motherhood : the case of Uganda, 700-1900 / Rhiannon Stephens. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xv, 223 p. : map ; 24 cm. - African studies . - African studies series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-210) and index.

Writing precolonial African history: words and other historical fragments -- Motherhood in north Nyanza, eighth through the twelfth century -- Consolidation and adaptation: the politics of motherhood in early Buganda and south Kyoga, thirteenth through the fifteenth century -- Mothering the kingdoms: Buganda, Busoga and east Kyoga, sixteenth through the eighteenth century -- Contesting the authority of mothers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

9781107030800 (hardback)

2012049382


Motherhood--Political aspects--History--Uganda--To 1890.
Motherhood--Social aspects--History--Uganda--To 1890.
Mothers--Social conditions.--Uganda

HQ759 / .S6884 2013

306.8743

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