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9780299236649

African Women Writing Resistance

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  • ISBN13:

    9780299236649

  • ISBN10:

    0299236641

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-08-19
  • Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

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African Women Writing Resistanceis the first transnational anthology to focus on womenrs"s strategies of resistance to the challenges they face in Africa today. The anthology brings together personal narratives, testimony, interviews, short stories, poetry, performance scripts, folktales, and lyrics. Thematically organized, it presents womenrs"s writing on such issues as intertribal and interethnic conflicts, the degradation of the environment, polygamy, domestic abuse, the controversial traditional practice of female genital cutting, Sharia law, intergenerational tensions, and emigration and exile. Contributors include internationally recognized authors and activists such as Wangari Maathai and Nawal El Saadawi, as well as a host of vibrant new voices from all over the African continent and from the African diaspora. Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection provides an excellent introduction to contemporary African womenrs"s literature, and highlights social issues that are particular to Africa, but also of worldwide concern. It is an essential reference for students of African studies, world literature, anthropology, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, and womenrs"s studies.

Author Biography

Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez is professor of comparative literature and gender studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Pauline Dongala fled Congo-Brazzaville in 2000 and is working on a book about the importance of traditional African healing practices in the contemporary world. Omotayo Jolaosho, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, works on issues of performance, creativity, and community activism in South Africa. Anne Serafin is an independent scholar specializing in African literatures.
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez is professor of comparative literature and gender studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Pauline Dongala fled Congo-Brazzaville in 2000 and is working on a book about the importance of traditional African healing practices in the contemporary world. Omotayo Jolaosho, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, works on issues of performance, creativity, and community activism in South Africa. Anne Serafin is an independent scholar specializing in African literatures.

Table of Contents

Preface: Roots of the Collectionp. xiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Forword: A Song in Seven Stanzas for Our Granddaughtersp. xix
African Women Writing Resistance: An Introdcutionp. 3
Engaging with Traditionp. 13
The Day When God Changed His Mindp. 15
The Old Womanp. 22
Interview with Kaya a Mbaya (Congo), a Babongo Womanp. 27
Interview with Elisabeth Bouanga (Congo-Brazzaville): Remembrance of Things Pastp. 33
Speaking Out: Young Women on Sexualityp. 39
Woman Weep No Morep. 43
Letters to My Cousinp. 50
Story of Faithp. 59
Lovesung for a Father, with Poet's Notep. 75
It's Not Rape If …p. 84
To Be or Not to Be a Lesbian: The Dilemma of Cameroon's Women Soccer Playersp. 85
My Name Is Kashap. 90
Cosmo Africa and Other Poemsp. 93
Challenging the Institution of Marriagep. 97
Childp. 101
Hailstones on Zamfarap. 104
The Good Womanp. 118
Ngomwap. 131
They Came in the Morningp. 140
The Battle of the Words: Oratory as Women's Tool of Resistance to the Challenges of Polygamy in Contemporary Wolof Societyp. 149
Focusing on Survival: Women's Health Issuesp. 167
Tell Me Why: Two Poemsp. 171
Surviving Mep. 174
The Struggle to End the Practice of Female Genital Mutilationp. 192
Slow Poisonp. 198
Just Keep Talking: Two Poemsp. 210
Tell Me a Liep. 212
Prayers and Meditation Heal Despairp. 214
Taking a Stand: Women as Activists against War, Environmental Degradation, and Social Conflictp. 219
A Poem Written in the Ink of the Blood Shed in Rwanda, with Poet's Notep. 223
Excerpt from Biography of Ashp. 228
Women's Responses to State Violence in the Niger Deltap. 235
Excerpt from Child Soldier: Fighting for My Lifep. 248
Don't Get Mad, Get Elected! A Conversation with Activist Wangari Maathai (Kenya)p. 259
Writing from a Different Place: Perspectives on Exile and Diasporap. 265
Musings of an African Woman: Excerpts from a Memoir in Progressp. 267
A Moroccan Woman in the Glocal Village: Reflections on Islam, Identity, and Cultural Legaciesp. 273
Knowing Your Placep. 281
Letter to Clarap. 285
Standing at the Edge of Time: African Women's Visions of the Past, Present, and Futurep. 293
ôWe Are Our Grandmothers' Dreamsö: African Women Envision the Futurep. 295
Liberationp. 313
Suggestions for Further Readingp. 315
Contributorsp. 327
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