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"Washington writes supple and thoughtful prose and creatively integrates African and African-derived terminology, which never distract the reader. I consider Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts not only a brilliant study, but also a model to be emulated." -- Ousseynou B. Traore, William Patterson University

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication, Epigraph
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Note on Orthography
  2. p. xi
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. PART ONE / Àjé in African Orature
  2. p. 11
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  1. 1. Àjé in Yorubaland
  2. pp. 13-55
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  1. 2. Àjé across the Continent and in the Ìtànkálg
  2. pp. 56-110
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  1. PART TWO / Àjé in Africana Literature
  2. p. 111
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  1. 3. Word Becoming Flesh and Text in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day and T. Obinkaram Echewa’s I Saw the Sky Catch Fire
  2. pp. 113-140
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  1. 4. Initiations into the Self, the Conjured Space of Creation,and Prophetic Utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa and Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
  2. pp. 141-164
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  1. 5. Un/Complementary Complements: Gender, Power, and Àjé
  2. pp. 165-197
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  1. 6. The Relativity of Negativity
  2. pp. 198-216
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  1. 7. The Womb of Life Is a Wicked Bag: Cycles of Power, Passion,and Pain in the Mother-Daughter Àjé Relationship
  2. pp. 217-244
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  1. 8. Twinning across the Ocean: The Neo-Political Àjé of Ben Okri’s Madame Koto and Mary Monroe’s Mama Ruby
  2. pp. 245-272
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  1. Coda Continua
  2. pp. 273-277
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  1. Appendix
  2. pp. 279-282
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 283-286
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 287-311
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  1. Works Cited and Select Bibliography
  2. pp. 313-325
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 327-332
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