Contents
Prologue: Holding the World Together - Abena P. A. Busia
Introduction - Claire Robertson and Nwando Achebe
Part I. Representations of and by African Women
1. Front and Center on the Global Stage: African Women in Contemporary Novels - Elizabeth M. Perego
2. Contrasting Visions: Filmic Representations of African Women - Cajetan Iheka
Part II. Religion and Politics
3. Politico-Religious Systems and African Women’s Power - Nwando Achebe
4. Colonialism and Resistance: Protests and National Liberation Movements - Kathleen Sheldon
5. Religious Fundamentalisms and Women in Contemporary Africa - Ousseina Alidou
6. African Women Organize - Alicia C. Decker and Andrea L. Arrington-Sirois
7. Women and Politics in Africa - Aili Mari Tripp
Part III. Economy and Society
8. African Women in the Real Economy: Prehistoric, Precolonial, Colonial, and Contemporary Transitions - Gracia Clark
9. Women and Slavery: Changes and Continuities - Claire Robertson
10. Education for African Girls: Still Striving for Equality - Josephine Beoku-Betts
11. Urbanizing Women: Merging the Personal, Political, and Spatial - Teresa Barnes
12. Women and the New African Diaspora - Cassandra Veney
Part IV. Love, Marriage, and Women’s Bodies, Past and Present
13. Love, Marriage, and Families in Africa - Rachel Jean-Baptiste and Emily Burrill
14. Gender and Sexuality: Gradations, Contestations - Signe Arnfred
15. Violence against Women: Households, Wars, Refugees, and Resistance - Henryatta Ballah and December Green
16. African Women and Health: Evolving Challenges - Karen Flint
Coda: Transforming Visions - Abena P. A. Busia
Contributors
Index