African women : a political economy

This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.

• Preface p. vii Jan Burgess
• Acknowledgments p. ix
• Permissions p. xi
• 1 The Political Economy of Women in Africa p. 1 Meredeth Turshen
• 2 Exceptionalism Is a Feminist Issue in Southern Africa p. 23 Patricia McFadden
• 3 Domestic Workers in South Africa: Class, Race, and Gender p. 35 Deborah Gaitskell and Judy Kimble and Moira Maconachie and Elaine Unterhalter
• 4 The Proletarianization of Women in Tanzania p. 53 Deborah Fahy Bryceson
• 5 Gender and Contract Farming: Growing Tea in Kenya p. 71 Dorthe von Bülow and Anne Sørensen
• 6 Capitalist Development and Women's Work: A Nigerian Case Study p. 85 Carolyne Dennis
• 7 Structural Adjustment and Women in Zimbabwe p. 97 Nazneen Kanji and Niki Jazdowska
• 8 Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggles and Gender Politics p. 113 Signe Arnfred
• 9 Angolan Women's Congress p. 129 Marga Holness
• 10 Strategies for Change: Women and Politics in Eritrea and South Africa p. 137 Dan Connell
• 11 The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN) p. 155 Bene E. Madunagu
• 12 Isis-WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together p. 167 Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng
• 13 Sudanese Women Writing Their Status p. 173 Asma Mohamed Abdel Halim
• 14 Tuareg Women, Gender Politics, and Rebellion in Niger Republic p. 183 Ousseina Alidou
• Bibliography p. 195
• Contributors p. 209
• Index p. 213