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Representation and Black womanhood Representation and Black womanhood Natasha Gordon-Chipembere "Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus"--as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora--has led to … OL16175678W
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2nd ed. Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2nd ed. Kathleen Sheldon The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 c… OL17630612W
Born in the Big Rains Born in the Big Rains Fadumo Korn,Sabine Eichhorst Fadumo's childhood ends at seven when an "excisor" cuts out her "impurity", i.e., she undergoes FGM. Beset with infections, she moves in with her uncle, brother of Somalia's president. Eventually in … OL17633551W
Keeping hope alive Keeping hope alive Hawa Abdi "The ... memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept tens of thousands of her fellow Somali citizens safe, healthy, and educated for more than twenty years"--Dust jacket flap. OL17927431W
Women in African colonial histories Women in African colonial histories Nakanyike Musisi,Susan Geiger,Jean Marie Allman >How did African women negotiate the complex political, economic, and social forces of colonialism in their daily lives? How did they make meaningful lives for themselves in a world that challenged f… OL18540883W
Amanecer en el desierto Amanecer en el desierto Waris Dirie,D'Haem, Jeanne/ Dirie, Waris Waris Dirie se convirtió en modelo internacional, y rostro habitual de los productos Revlon. Pero esta supermodelo no ha olvidado sus duros orígenes, la circuncisión a la que fue sometida a los cinco… OL1872812W
The wife's tale The wife's tale Aida Edemariam A hundred years ago, a girl was born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. Before she was ten years old, Yetemegnu was married to a man two decades her senior, an ambitious poet-priest. Over the … OL19738386W
The Chibok Girls The Chibok Girls Helon Habila "Acclaimed novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of a tragedy that stun… OL20048087W
Rwandan women rising Rwandan women rising Swanee Hunt In the spring of 1994, the tiny African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a genocide that left nearly a million dead. Neighbors attacked neighbors. Family members turned against their own. After t… OL20173771W
Khartoum at Night Khartoum at Night Marie Grace Brown 1 online resource OL21300731W
Cut Cut Hibo Wardere Imagine for a moment that you are 6-years-old and you are woken in the early hours, bathed and then dressed in rags before being led down to an ominous looking tent at the end of your garden. And the… OL27370000W
Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultura… Spirit Possession and Personhood among the Kel Ewey Tuareg (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultura… Susan J. Rasmussen 178 p. ; 23 cm OL3343473W
Re-creating Ourselves Re-creating Ourselves Molara Ogundipe-Leslie A riveting selection of feminist writings in which Ogundipe-Leslie has critically and creatively pondered issues of gender, politics, and social transformation for at least three decades. OL3955675W