Shaping our struggles : Nigerian women in history, culture and social change / edited by Obioma Nnaemeka and Chima J. Korieh.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nnaemeka, Obioma, 1948-
Korieh, Chima J. (Chima Jacob), 1962-
Language:English
Published: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2011], ©2011.
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Physical Description:xxv, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : long journeys of impediments and triumphs / Chima J. Korieh and Obioma Nnaemeka
  • Women in Nigerian history / Adiele Afigbo
  • "Ogidi Palaver" : the 1914 women's market protest / Nwando Achebe
  • Women and peasant movement in colonial eastern Nigeria / Chima J. Korieh
  • Colonialism and the social status of women in Ibibio society / Violeta I. Ekpo
  • Social change and gender relations in southeastern Nigeria c. 1650-1900 / Raphael Chijioke Njoku
  • Brazilian women in Lagos, 1879-1882 / Lisa A. Lindsay
  • Women, ritual, and politics of pre-colonial Yorubaland / Biodun Adediran and Olukoya Ogen
  • Gender relations in Ibibio traditional organizations / Ihuoma F. Abaraonye
  • Women, politics, and society among the Ìgbomìnà-Yorùbá / Funso Afolayan
  • Multiple gender ideologies and an academic means of empowerment : a Yoruba example / Donna K. Flynn
  • A woman's fertility strategy : the practice and perceptions of abortion by Ekiti Yoruba women / Elisha P. Renne
  • Women migration, intercultural marriage, and regional development / J.O. Charles
  • Women in the aftermath of ethnic conflicts : the Egbirra-Bassa crisis, 1986-2000 / Ibrahim Umaru and Theophilus D. Lagi.