Patriarchy and Gender in Africa

Patriarchy and Gender in Africa explores historical and contemporary issues of male dominance and control over women in legal, socio-cultural, and political contexts in Africa. Contributors examine patriarchy and inequality across the continent, female resistance, and women’s contributions to Africa’s growth and development.

This timely and expansive multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collection dissects precolonial, colonial, and post-independence issues of male dominance, power, and control over the female body in the legal, socio-cultural, and political contexts in Africa. Contributors focus on the historical, theoretical, and empirical narratives of intersecting perspectives of gender and patriarchy in at least ten countries across the major sub-regions of the African continent. In these well-researched chapters, authors provide a deeper understanding of patriarchy and gender inequality in identifying misogyny, resisting male supremacy, reforming discriminatory laws, embracing human-centered public policies, expanding academic scholarship on the continent, and more.

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