Women in Sub-Saharan Africa : Restoring Women to History (Restoring Women to History)

"These four volumes in this major series... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded.... A basic set for all academic libraries." —Library Journal Academic Newswire Berger and White focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, tracing women's history from earliest times to the present. By exploring their place in social, economic, political, and religious life, the authors highlight the changing societal position of women through shifts over time in ideas about gender and the connections between women's public and private spheres.

these Four Volumes In This Major Series... Provide A Single-source Reference To The Status Of The Field Of Women's History And To Ways That The Field Can Be Expanded.... A Basic Set For All Academic Libraries. — Library Journal Academic Newswire

berger And White Focus On Sub-saharan Africa, Tracing Women's History From Earliest Times To The Present. By Exploring Their Place In Social, Economic, Political, And Religious Life, The Authors Highlight The Changing Societal Position Of Women Through Shifts Over Time In Ideas About Gender And The Connections Between Women's Public And Private Spheres.

Annotation "These four volumes in this major series ... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded ... A basic set for all academic libraries."--Library Journal Academic NewswireBerger and White focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, tracing women's history from earliest times to the present. By exploring their place in social, economic, political, and religious life, the authors highlight the changing societal position of women through shifts over time in ideas about gender and the connections between women's public and private spheres Frontmatter SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE (page ix) AUTHORS' PREFACE (page xiii) GLOSSARY (page xv) MAPS (page xvii) CHRONOLOGY (page xxiii) SERIES EDITORS' INTRODUCTION Conceptualizing the History of Women in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa (CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM AND MARGARET STROBEL, page xxvii) INTRODUCTION (Iris Berger and E. Francis White, page 1) Part I WOMEN IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (Iris Berger, page 5) Part II WOMEN IN WEST AND WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA (E. Francis White, page 63) SOURCES (page 131) CONTRIBUTORS (page 161) INDEX (page 163) Over the past twenty-five years, scholarly interest in the history of African women has increased dramatically.