Women and Gender in the History of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cheryl Johnson-Odim deconstructs the concept of "women" by examining the several identities of women in sub-Saharan Africa cultures as they have changed over time, and had great importance in the lives of women in Africa.
Cheryl Johnson-Odim holds a doctorate in history from Northwestern University and is dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a professor of history at Columbia College Chicago. A past member of the board of directors of the African Studies Association and the American Council of Learned Societies, she is also on the board of directors of the Illinois Humanities Council and the editorial board of the Journal of Women’s History. Johnson-Odim was a Fulbright Scholar in Nigeria and has published frequently in learned journals and written chapters in edited collections, among them For Women and the Nation: Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti of Nigeria (with Nina Mba). Along with Marjorie Strobel, she is coeditor of the four-volume collection Restoring Women to History: Women in Asia; Women in Latin America and the Caribbean; Women in the Middle East.
2007. 72 pagesISBN 0-87229-152-9
Women and Gender in the History of Sub-Saharan Africa
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