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1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Ohio short histories of Africa
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Ohio short histories of Africa.
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| Summary |
An unapologetically African-centered monograph that reveals physical and spiritual forms and systems of female power and leadership in African cultures. Nwando Achebe's unparalleled study documents elite females, female principles, and female spiritual entities across the African continent, from the ancient past to the present. Achebe breaks from Western perspectives, research methods, and their consequently incomplete, skewed accounts, to demonstrate the critical importance of distinctly African source materials and world views to any comprehensible African history. This means accounting for the two realities of African cosmology: the physical world of humans and the invisible realm of spiritual gods and forces. That interconnected universe allows biological men and women to become female-gendered males and male-gendered females. This phenomenon empowers the existence of particular African beings, such as female husbands, male priestesses, female kings, and female pharaohs. Achebe portrays their combined power, influence, and authority in a sweeping, African-centric narrative that leads to an analogous consideration of contemporary African women as heads of state, government officials, religious leaders, and prominent entrepreneurs |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Spiritual monarchs : god, goddesses, spirit mediums, and rain queens -- Queens, queen mothers, princesses, and daughters -- Merchant queens -- Female headmen, kings, and paramount chiefs -- African women today. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Africa -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Africa. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women heads of state -- Africa.
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Women heads of state. |
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Queens -- Africa.
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Queens. |
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Women civic leaders -- Africa.
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Women civic leaders. |
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Goddesses, African.
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Goddesses, African. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Africa.
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Power (Social sciences) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Achebe, Nwando, 1970- Female monarchs and merchant queens in Africa. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2020] 9780821424070 (DLC) 2020002540 (OCoLC)1126808234 |
| ISBN |
9780821440803 (electronic book) |
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0821440802 (electronic book) |
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9780821424070 (paperback) |
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0821424076 (paperback) |
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