HIS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nzinga Of Ndongo And Matamba, Kingdom Of Kongo, African Studies
6 Nov 2018
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Differences between royal + common, elderly + young, enslaved + free, islamic + non-islamic women. There statuses change over time, and are not stagnant. Women studies are a product of feminist scholarship in africa. Grew rapidly from the 1970 s to present. The crisis of the conventional development theory + practices. New methodological approaches in the social sciences. The widening of the social aspect instead of political aspects. Two forms of struggles that women in africa have : Women were underrepresented in mainstream (male stream) african studies. Wives, sisters, + daughters of important political leaders. Women as farmers, traders, craft-makers, and/or manufacturers. Islamic women intellectuals (scholars) among the fulani of northern nigeria.
