Women in twentieth-century Africa /

Berger, Iris, 1941-

Women in twentieth-century Africa / Iris Berger. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016. - xvi, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New approaches to African history ; 10 . - New approaches to African history ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colonizing African families -- Confrontation and adaptation -- Domesticity and modernization -- Mothers of nationalism -- The struggle continues -- "Messengers of a new design": marriage, family and sexuality -- Women's rights: the second decolonization? -- Empowerment and inequality in a new global age -- Conclusion.

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Women--History--Africa--20th century.
Feminism--Africa.
Women--Social conditions.--Africa
Women--Economic conditions.--Africa





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305.40960904 / BER