Women in the rural economy: past, present, and future / Jeanne Koopman -- Women in the rural economy: contemporary variations / Jane Guyer -- Women in the urban economy / Claire Robertson -- Women in the changing African family / Betty Potash -- Case study: women and inheritance law in Zambia / Margaret Mulela Munalula and Winnie Sithole Mwenda -- Women in religion and secular ideology / Margaret Strobel -- Women in the arts / Lisa Aronson -- Women in African literature Deirdre LaPin -- Women's voluntary associations / Audrey Wipper

African women in politics / Jean O'Barr and Kathryn Firmin-Sellers -- Women in national liberation movements / Stephanie Urdang -- The impact of development policies on women / Kathleen Staudt -- Women and health issues / Meredeth Turshen -- Case study: monitoring the impact of contraceptive technology in Nigeria / Tola Pearce.

African Women South of the Sahara provides a comprehensive survey of the economic, social, cultural and political roles of women in Africa today and in the past. The book is written from the perspective of a number of disciplines, but sets the role of women in an historical context and covers all the major sub-Saharan nations and peoples, including South Africa.