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Title Women writing Africa. West Africa and the Sahel / edited by Esi Sutherland-Addy and Aminata Diaw.

Publication Info. New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PL8014.W372 W66 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxxi, 477 pages ; 23 cm.
Series The women writing Africa project ; v. 2
Women writing Africa project ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83) and index.
Contents Ritual and ceremonial words -- Thirteenth century to 1916: the age of African empires -- Lullabies and songs of young women -- Work songs -- The 1970s and 1980s: negotiating new social identities -- Songs and tales of social negotiation -- The 1990s and the new century.
Subject West African literature -- Women authors.
West African literature.
Women authors.
Folk literature -- Africa, West.
Folk literature.
West Africa.
Oral tradition -- Africa, West.
Oral tradition.
Women -- Africa, West -- Literary collections.
Women.
Genre/Form Literary collections.
Subject Women -- Africa, West -- History -- Sources.
History.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Africa, West -- Literary collections.
Africa, West -- History -- Sources.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre/Form Literature.
Literature.
Added Author Sutherland-Addy, Esi.
Diaw, Aminata.
ISBN 1558615008 paper
1558615016 cloth