Farmers, traders, warriors, and kings : female power and authority in northern Igboland, 1900-1960 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Achebe, Nwando, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2005]
Series:Social history of Africa.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • When questions begin to be asked, then tales begin to be told
  • Medicines and goddesses, priestesses and prophetesses : female expressions within the spiritual realm
  • Farmers, traders, potters, and weavers : Nsukka women as economic actors
  • Women in community politics : colonialism and the strategies of female resistance
  • "Ochichi gi agafego oke" (you are governing too much!) : King Ahebi Ugbabe versus the community : a case study of female clout, excess, and conflict in Enugu-ezike
  • Mmechi (conclusion): If you put your ear to the ground, you will hear the drumbeats of ghosts
  • Appendix: Select female deities and medicines in Nsukka Division.