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Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism : African women struggle for culture, power and democracy / by Ifi Amadiume.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000.Description: xix, 300 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1856498069
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Contents:
African women: present realities and future directions -- A history of class transformations: contemporary women's organizations in Nigeria -- Speaking for women: class contestation in NCWS and other organizations -- Class and gender dynamics in professional women's organizations -- Gender and class in campaigns and civil discourse -- Class and gender in child abuse -- Women's health care and discourses on reproductive health -- Women and the 1986 national political debate -- Women in local government: a comparison -- Gendering grassroots democracy in the women's committee system -- Class corruption and women's mobilization: the cults of first lady -- The politics of women's committees: lessons from Britain and lessons for South Africa.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

African women: present realities and future directions -- A history of class transformations: contemporary women's organizations in Nigeria -- Speaking for women: class contestation in NCWS and other organizations -- Class and gender dynamics in professional women's organizations -- Gender and class in campaigns and civil discourse -- Class and gender in child abuse -- Women's health care and discourses on reproductive health -- Women and the 1986 national political debate -- Women in local government: a comparison -- Gendering grassroots democracy in the women's committee system -- Class corruption and women's mobilization: the cults of first lady -- The politics of women's committees: lessons from Britain and lessons for South Africa.