African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Gwendolyn Mikell Part I. Legal Interactions in the Domestic Realm 1. Changing the Meaning of Marriage: Women and FamilyLaw in Côte d'Ivoire Jeanne Maddox Toungara 2. Wives, Children, and Intestate Succession in Ghana Takyiwaa Manuh 3. Pleas for Domestic Relief: Akan Women and Family Courts Gwendolyn Mikell Part II. Economic Change, Political Economy, andWomen's Lives 4. Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories Betty J. Harris 5. Alcohol and Politicsin Urban Zambia: The Intersection of Gender and Class Ilsa M. Glazer 6. Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali Dolores Koenig ix xi xiii 1 53 77 96 127 142 159 viii Contents 7. Ethiopian Rural Women and the State 182 Tsehai Berhane-Selassie 8. Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire 206 Carlene H. Dei 9. Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making 232 Maria Nzomo Part III. Surviving Crisis in the Community 10. "Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling": Women's Networks and Survival Imperatives in Tshunyane, South Africa 257 Shawn Riva Donaldson 11. Technology and the Fuel Crisis:Adjustment among Women in Northern Nigeria 276 D.J. Shehu 12. Swazi Traditional Healers, Role Transformation, and Gender 298 Enid Gort 13. AIDS, Gender, and Sexuality during Africa's Economic Crisis 310 Brooke Grundfest Schoepf Conclusions: Theorizing and Strategizing about African Women and State Crisis 333 Gwendolyn Mikell Appendix Table A.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Male-Female Data 347 Table A.2. Economic Activity by Sector and Sex 348 Table A.3. Sub-Saharan Africa Socioeconomic Data 348 List of Contributors 349 Name Index 353 Subject Index 355 ...