Gender, sexuality and mothering in Africa /
Gender, sexuality and mothering in Africa /
edited by Toyin Falola and Bessie House-Soremekun.
- Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2011.
- xxix, 329 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Toyin Falola and Bessie Hous-Soremekun --- African widowhood and visibility / Iniobong I. Uko -- Overwhelming the burden of womanhood in 'To live again' by Bilquisu Abubakar / Alexander Kure -- Food consumption patterns of lactating mothers in Ondo West local government area of Nigeria / Cecilia A. Olarewaju -- A motivational treatise on parenting / Bola Dauda -- "I am not his slave:" contesting marriage among the Hausa on a Cameroonian frontier, c. 1920-1955 / Harmony O'Rourke -- Combating teenage pregnancy and early marriage through non-formal education / Oluyemisi O. Obilade and Oladunni O. Obilade -- Gender, sexuality and work: a case study of domestic workers in Nigeria / Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed -- Gender, violence, and reconstruction in post-war Sierra Leone / Peter Dumbuya -- Gendered violence, and power relations in the drama of Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh / Ameh Dennis Akoh -- Maurice Amutabi's 'because of honor': gender relations and social upheaval in East Africa / Eliza Johannes -- Gender equality and customary law in South Africa / Celumusa Zungu -- Politics and sexuality in Northern Nigeria in the second half of the twentieth century / J. M. Ayuba -- Sexuality, religion, and spirituality / A. A. Lawal -- African religion and the sexual exploitation of women / Adepeju Olufemi Johnson-Bashua.
9781592218615 159221861X 9781592218622 (pbk.) 1592218628 (pbk.)
2011018917
Women--Social conditions.--Social conditions.--Africa--Women--Africa
Sex role--Africa.
Motherhood--Africa.
HQ1787 / .G445 2011
306.874/30967
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Toyin Falola and Bessie Hous-Soremekun --- African widowhood and visibility / Iniobong I. Uko -- Overwhelming the burden of womanhood in 'To live again' by Bilquisu Abubakar / Alexander Kure -- Food consumption patterns of lactating mothers in Ondo West local government area of Nigeria / Cecilia A. Olarewaju -- A motivational treatise on parenting / Bola Dauda -- "I am not his slave:" contesting marriage among the Hausa on a Cameroonian frontier, c. 1920-1955 / Harmony O'Rourke -- Combating teenage pregnancy and early marriage through non-formal education / Oluyemisi O. Obilade and Oladunni O. Obilade -- Gender, sexuality and work: a case study of domestic workers in Nigeria / Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed -- Gender, violence, and reconstruction in post-war Sierra Leone / Peter Dumbuya -- Gendered violence, and power relations in the drama of Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh / Ameh Dennis Akoh -- Maurice Amutabi's 'because of honor': gender relations and social upheaval in East Africa / Eliza Johannes -- Gender equality and customary law in South Africa / Celumusa Zungu -- Politics and sexuality in Northern Nigeria in the second half of the twentieth century / J. M. Ayuba -- Sexuality, religion, and spirituality / A. A. Lawal -- African religion and the sexual exploitation of women / Adepeju Olufemi Johnson-Bashua.
9781592218615 159221861X 9781592218622 (pbk.) 1592218628 (pbk.)
2011018917
Women--Social conditions.--Social conditions.--Africa--Women--Africa
Sex role--Africa.
Motherhood--Africa.
HQ1787 / .G445 2011
306.874/30967