African women writing resistance : an anthology of contemporary voices

This work is a transnational anthology that focuses on women's strategies of resistance to the challenges they face in Africa today. The anthology brings together personal narratives, testimony, interviews, short stories, poetry, performance scripts, folktales, and lyrics. Thematically organize...

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Autres auteurs : Browdy de Hernandez Jennifer (Éditeur scientifique), Dongala Pauline (Éditeur scientifique), Jolaosho Omotayo (Éditeur scientifique)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : African women writing resistance : an anthology of contemporary voices / edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, Pauline Dongala, Omotayo Jolaosho, [...] et al
Publié : Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press , 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-337 p.)
Collection : Women in Africa and the diaspora
Sujets :
  • Engaging with tradition
  • Speaking out: young women on sexuality
  • Challenging the institution of marriage
  • Focusing on survival: women's health issues
  • Taking a stand: women as activists against war, environmental degradation, and social conflict
  • Writing from a different place: perspectives on exile and diaspora
  • Standing at the edge of time: African women's visions of the past, present, and future