Farmers, traders, warriors, and kings : female power and authority in northern Igboland, 1900-1960 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Portsmouth, NH :
Heinemann,
[2005]
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| Series: | Social history of Africa.
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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.