African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa
African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned...
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African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned with "bread, butter, and power" issues.Contributors present case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that—as they fight for access to land, for the right to own property, for control of food distribution, for living wages and safe working conditions, for health care, and for election reform—African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism.
List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Changing the Meaning of Marriage: Women and Family Law in Cote d'Ivoire532Wives, Children, and Intestate Succession in Ghana773Pleas for Domestic Relief: Akan Women and Family Courts964Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories1275Alcohol and Politics in Urban Zambia: The Intersection of Gender and Class1426Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali1597Ethiopian Rural Women and the State1828Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire2069Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making23210"Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling": Women's Networks and Survival Imperatives in Tshunyane, South Africa25711Technology and the Fuel Crisis: Adjustment among Women in Northern Nigeria27612Swazi Traditional Healers, Role Transformation, and Gender29813AIDS, Gender, and Sexuality during Africa's Economic Crisis310Conclusions: Theorizing and Strategizing about African Women and State Crisis333Table A.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Male-Female Data347Table A.2. Economic Activity by Sector and Sex348Table A.3. Sub-Saharan Africa Socioeconomic Data348List of Contributors349Name Index353Subject Index355
\ From the Publisher"This book is the best thing I've seen on the question—not only of 'feminism' in its African articulation but also, more generally, on the question of how feminism emerges and what it means to those who espouse it."—Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton\ "This book is the best thing I've seen on the question—not only of 'feminism' in its African articulation but also, more generally, on the question of how feminism emerges and what it means to those who espouse it."—Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton\ \ \
