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African Women Writing ResistanceAn Anthology of Contemporary Voices Edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez , Pauline Dongala, Omotayo Jolaosho, Anne Serafin
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Preface: Roots of the Collection Foreword: A Song in Seven Stanzas for Our Granddaughters African Women Writing Resistance: An Introduction Part One - Engaging with Tradition The Old Woman Interview with Kaya a Mbaya (Congo) Interview with Elisabeth Bouanga (Congo-Brazzaville): Remembrance of Things Past Part Two - Speaking Out: Young Women on Sexuality Letters to My Cousin Story of Faith Lovesung for a Father, with Poet's Note It's Not Rape If… To Be or Not to Be a Lesbian: The Dilemma of Cameroon's Women Soccer Players My Name Is Kasha Cosmo Africa and Other Poems Part Three - Challenging the Institution of Marriage Hailstones on Zamfara The Good Woman Ngomwa They Came in the Morning The Battle of the Words: Oratory as Women's Tool of Resistance to the Challenges of Polygamy in Contemporary Wolof Society Part Four - Focusing on Survival: Women's Health Issues Surviving Me The Struggle to End the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation Slow Poison Just Keep Talking: Two Poems Tell Me a Lie Prayers and Meditation Heal Despair Part Five - Taking a Stand: Women as Activists against War, Environmental Degradation, and Social Conflict Excerpt from Biography of Ash Women's Responses to State Violence in the Niger Delta Excerpt from Child Soldier: Fighting for My Life Don't Get Mad, Get Elected! A Conversation with Activist Wangari Maathai (Kenya) Part Six - Writing from a Different Place: Perspectives on Exile and Diaspora A Moroccan Woman in the Glocal Village: Reflections on Islam, Identity, and Cultural Legacies Knowing Your Place Letter to Clara Part Seven - Standing at the Edge of Time: African Women's Visions of the Past, Present, and Future Liberation Suggestions for Further Reading Contributors |
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