Women's authority and society in early East-Central Africa
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Women's authority and society in early East-Central Africa
（Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, v. 44）
University of Rochester Press, 2010
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Includes bibliography: p. [167]-179
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A radical reassessment of the importance of women in East-Central African society during the precolonial period.
This study of more than two thousand years of African social history weaves together evidence from historical linguistics, archaeology, comparative ethnography, oral tradition, and art history to challenge the assumptions that allAfrican societies were patriarchal and that the status of women in precolonial Africa is beyond the scope of historical research. In East-Central Africa, women played key roles in technological and economic developments during the long precolonial period. Female political leaders were as common as male rulers, and women, especially mothers, were central to religious ceremonies and beliefs. These conclusions contribute a new and critical element to our understanding of Africa's precolonial history.
Christine Saidi is Assistant Professor of History at Kutztown University.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Patriarchal Myth: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Correlating Linguistics and Archaeology in East-Central African History
The Early Social History of East-Central Africa
Women's Authority: Female Coalitions, Politics, and Religion
Women's Authority and Female Initiation in East-Central African History
Pots, Hoes, and Food: Women in Technology and Production
Sacred, but Never Profane: Sex and Sexuality in East-Central African History
Kucilinga na Lesa Kupanshanya Mayo
Bibliography
Index
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