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Author:   Akinloyè Òjó ,  Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe ,  Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780367665449

ISBN 10:   0367665441
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction: Perspectives on Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora 1. Women as Sandwiches in the Jaws of Violence: A Study of the Impact of Crisis on the Female Gender in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novels Augustine O. Evue 2. Violence against Women in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s trafficked: An African Feminist Insight Charles A. Bodunde and Foluke R. Aliyu-Ibrahim 3. Narrating the Woes of Women in Wartime: The Examples of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Roses and Bullets and Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun Ezinwanyi E. Adam & Chinenye M. Egboh 4. Female Circumcision: Inexpressiveness and Loss in Julie Okoh’s Edewede Oludolapo Ojediran 5. Gender and Dramaturgy in Wale Ogunyemi’s Queen Amina of Zazzau and Femi Osofisan’s Women of Owu Ojo Olusegun Olorunleke 6. Socio-Cultural Perception of Sexist Yoruba Proverbs and Implications for Peace and National Cohesion Adeniyi Kikelomo, Jegede Francis, and Adebanjo Mopelola 7. Asunle cannot be a man: A Gendered Analysis of Yoruba Praise Names in Yorubaland and the Diaspora Akinloye Ojo 8. Gender Equality, Gender Inequality or Gender Complementarity: Insights from Igbo Traditional culture Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob 9. Gender and Contesting Phenomena (Religion, Culture, and Ethnicity): Towards Development in Africa and the African Diaspora Oyeronke Olademo 10. Gender Equality: A Comparative Narrative in African Religious Christian and Islamic Traditions Adepeju Johson-Bashua 11. Gender Equality Narratives in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs: Contents and Discontents Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe 12. Islamic law of Inheritance: Ultimate Solution to Social inequality against Women in Yoruba land Abdulmajeed Hassan Bello 13. Not on this Mat: A Biographical Sketch of Marriage, Labor, Sex and Gender Relations in an African History Ebenezer Ayesu 14. Culture and Development: Indigenous Structures, Gender, and Everyday Life in Colonial Coastal Southern Ghana Kwaku Nti 15. The Challenge of Gender: Marginal Participation of Women in Mathematics in Nigeria Ayo. S. Obale-Hundoyin 16. Rural Women Farmers and Food Production in Ekiti-Kwara, Nigeria: Motives and Challenges of Operation Raphael Abiodun Olawepo 17. Female Achievement in Geography and Planning in Lagos State University, Nigeria Mohammad Olaitan Lawal 18. Women and Sport in Kenya Janet Musimbi M’mbaha and Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono

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Akinloyè Òjó is an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the African Studies Institute (ASI) of the University of Georgia. Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe, is Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Georgia, USA. Felisters Jepchirchir Kiprono received her PhD in Workforce Education from the University of Georgia

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