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245 0 0 _aAfrican women south of the Sahara /
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aHarlow, Essex, England ;
_aNew York :
_bLongman Scienctific & Technical ;
_aNew York :
_bCopublished in the U.S. by Wiley,
_c1995.
300 _axvii, 308 p. :
_bill., maps ;
505 0 _aWomen 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
505 0 _aAfrican 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.
520 _aAfrican 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.
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aWomen
700 1 _aHay, Margaret Jean.
700 1 _aStichter, Sharon.
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