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The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Women's History is the first reference work of its kind: a comprehensive resource that documents the centrality of women--their lives, experiences, accomplishments and perspectives--to the history of Africa. Over 125 entries explore African women's lives across states, regions, and time periods, along with their contributions to fields such as politics, law, science, arts and literature, and popular culture. The volumes also include a handful of biographical articles that place major figures within their specific historical context.
African women, of course, are hardly a homogenous group. As this project reveals, their lifeways, their opportunities and obstacles, differ, sometimes dramatically, by social class, cultural norms, religious background, ethnic heritage, political structures, sexual preferences, and more. Each was born into a time, place, and society that shaped (but did not determine) what it meant to be a "woman" (and of course, a "man"). While some women complied with the dominant gender norms of their day, others forged new ways of being and belonging. But individually and collectively, they were, and continue to be, central creators of and contributors to African history.
The contributors, many of them of African descent, have written entries to engage and inspire a broad audience, including students, policy makers, scholars, and other curious people from around the world. In this way, the Encyclopedia provides a foundation of timely reference material, in conjunction with the online Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History.
Contents
African Feminist Thought
Women in African Philosophy
African Women in Art
Aidoo, Ama Ata
Al-Durr, Shajarat
Women in Algeria
al-Nafzaouiya, Zaynab
The Amazons of Dahomey
Women in Angola
Women and Apartheid
Asante Queen Mothers in Ghana
Asantewa, Nana Yaa
Asma'u, Nana
Women in Associations and Organizations in Africa
Baartman, Sara
Ba, Mariama
Women in Beauty Cultures and Aesthetic Rituals in Africa
Women in Benin
Ben M'rad, Bchira
Women in Botswana
Women in Burkina Faso
Women in Burundi
Women in Cameroon
Women in Cape Verde
Casely-Hayford, Adelaide and Gladys
Women in Central African History
Women in the Central African Republic
Women in Chad
African Women in Colonial Settler Towns in East and Southern Africa
Women in Comoros
Women in Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo)
Women in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
de Sousa, Noémia
Women and Development in Africa
Women in Djibouti
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in East Africa
Women in Modern Egypt
Ekpo, Margaret
Emecheta, Buchi
Women in Equatorial Guinea
Women in Eritrea
Women in Ethiopia
Women in Fashion and Textiles in Africa
African Women in Film, the Moving Image, and Screen Culture
Women in Gabon
Women in the Gambia
Women and Genocide in Africa
Women in Ghana
Girlhood in Africa
Women in Global African Diasporas
Women in Guinea-Bissau
Women in Guinea
Head, Bessie
Women and Islam in Africa
Women in Kenya
Lakwena, Alice
Women in Law and Justice in Africa
Women's Legal Rights in Africa
Women in Lesotho
Women in Liberia
Women in Libya
Women's Literature in African History
Maathai, Wangari Muta
Women in Madagascar
Makeba, Miriam
Women in Malawi
Women in Mali
African Market Women, Market Queens, and Merchant Queens
Marriage across Africa
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa
Women in Mauritania
Women in Mauritius
Mernissi, Fatima
Women and Migration in Africa
Women and Militarization in Africa
Mohamed, Bibi Titi
Women in Morocco
Motherhood and Maternalism in Africa
Women in Mozambique
African Women in Music, Theater, and Performance
Namaganda, Lady Irene
Women in Namibia
Women in Nationalist Movements in Africa
Nehanda
Ngoyi, Lilian
Women in Niger
Women in Nigeria
Women in Muslim Northern Nigeria
Njinga a Mbande
Women in Northern African History
Women and Gender in French North Africa, 1830-1962
Ogot, Grace
Women and Pan-Africanism
Pereira, Carmen
Women and Politics in Africa
Women and Post-Independence African Politics
Women in Postcolonial Africa
Women in Post-Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction in Africa
Women in Precolonial Africa
Women, Race, and Ethnicity in Africa
Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo
Women and the History of Religion in Africa
Reproductive Health, Fertility Control, and Childbirth in Africa
Rodrigues, Deolinda
Women in Rwanda
Women in São Tomé and Príncipe
Women in Senegal
Sex Work/Prostitution in Africa
Women in Seychelles
Women in Sierra Leone
Women and Slavery in Africa
Women's Emancipation from Slavery in Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Women in Somalia
Women in South Africa
Women in Southern African History
Women in South Sudan
Women in Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
Women in Togo
Women in Tunisia
Women in Uganda
Uwilingiyimana, Agathe
Women and Violence in Africa
Women in West African History
The Women's War of 1929
Women in Zambia
Women in Zimbabwe
