African Women: A Modern History

by Beth Raps and Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

Book Overview

Over the last century, the social and economic roles played by African women have evolved dramatically. Long confined to home and field, overlooked by their menfolk and missionaries alike, African women worked, thought, dreamed, and struggled. They migrated to the cities, invented new jobs, and activated the so-called informal economy to become Africa's economic and social focal point. As a result, despite their lack of education and relatively low...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813323614
• ISBN13: 9780813323619
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Must-have for any African Studies scholar

This is a fabulous book. It is invaluable to anyone studying African women, or Africa in general. Although scholarly and well-researched, it is also engrossing--not at all a dry or hard-to-get-through textbook.