Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
Contents
African women in/and politics: issues and realities -- Women's participation in nationalist movements and liberation struggles: fighting men's wars -- Asserting women's liberation within national liberation: the case of the South African women's movement -- The women's league syndrome: a non-decision-making machinery -- Ambitious but marginalised: women's desks and ministries -- Women's organizations and movements: sometimes autonomy but often no unity -- Struggling on all fronts: women politicians.