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Pages: 352
Authors: Thomas A. Hale
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-02 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Exploring the origins, organization, subject matter, and performance contexts of singers and singing, Women's Songs from West Africa expands our understanding o
Women's Voices from West Africa
Language: en
Pages: 161
Authors: Aissata G. Sidikou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-23 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Aissata G. Sidikou and Thomas A. Hale reveal the world of women's songs and singing in West Africa. This anthology—collected from 17 ethnic traditions across
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: en
Pages: 521
Authors: Kathleen Sheldon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-04 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions,
Women Writing Africa
Language: en
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Authors: Esi Sutherland-Addy
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A major literary and scholarly work that transforms perceptions of West African women's history and culture.
West Africa's Women of God
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Robert M. Baum
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-09 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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West Africa's Women of God examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before Eu