Things Fall Apart

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0385474547
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Book Synopsis Things Fall Apart by : Chinua Achebe

Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

Efuru

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Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478613270
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Book Synopsis Efuru by : Flora Nwapa

Download or read book Efuru written by Flora Nwapa and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearing in 1966, Efuru was the first internationally published book, in English, by a Nigerian woman. Flora Nwapa (1931–1993) sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth, marriage, motherhood, and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist, an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru, wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless, Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe, Uhamiri, to discover the path she must follow. The work, a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values, offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism.

Women in Igbo Life and Thought

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Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415227032
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in Igbo Life and Thought by : Joseph Thérèse Agbasiere

Download or read book Women in Igbo Life and Thought written by Joseph Thérèse Agbasiere and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating work is a testament to the combination of personal insight and academic detachment which the author brought to her study of Igbo women before her death in 1998.

Women in Igbo Life and Thought

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136359001
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in Igbo Life and Thought by : Joseph Therese Agbasiere

Download or read book Women in Igbo Life and Thought written by Joseph Therese Agbasiere and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A member of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria who became a nun and trained as an anthropologist, Joseph Therese Agbasiere had a unique opportunity to transcend some of the preconceptions and subjectivities inevitable when an 'outsider' studies a native society. Her richly detailed ethnography examines kinship practices, marriage customs, and women's responsibilities in the house and the community, establishing the tremendous influence that Igbo women wield in public affairs. Igbo ideas about the universe, the person and spiritual considerations are also discussed and shown to be primarily centred around women. This fascinating work is a testament to the combination of personal insight and academic detachment which the author brought to her study of Igbo women before her death in 1998. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in anthropology, African studies and women's studies.

Overcoming Women's Subordination in the Igbo African Culture and in the Catholic Church

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Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581121334
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Book Synopsis Overcoming Women's Subordination in the Igbo African Culture and in the Catholic Church by : Rose N. Uchem

Download or read book Overcoming Women's Subordination in the Igbo African Culture and in the Catholic Church written by Rose N. Uchem and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When African scholars lament over the near destruction of African cultures, they do not reflect the reality of African women's historical traditions of empowerment and inclusion in pre-colonial/pre-Christian African societies, which were also lost in the same process of Western Christian cultural imperialism. Similarly, most male Church theologians writing or speaking about inculturation do not address the deeper cultural issues, which impact heavily on African women. ..... [from back cover]

Mirror of Our Lives

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450278981
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Mirror of Our Lives by : Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko

Download or read book Mirror of Our Lives written by Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mirror of Our Lives, four Nigerian women share the compelling tales of their troubled lives and failed marriages, revealing how each managed to not only survive, but triumph under difficult and repressive circumstances. Njide, Nneka, Miss Nelly, and Oby relive their stories of passion, deceit, heartache, and strength as they push through lifeeach on a unique journey to attain happiness, self-respect and inner peace. But none of the womens journeys is without misjudgments and missteps. Njide falls in love at first sight, marries Tunji too quickly, and is dismayed when Tunji shows his true colors. Nneka once thought that she and Oji were the perfect coupleuntil Oji traveled to the United States. Miss Nelly is a kind and good-natured woman who allows everyone to take advantage of hereven her husband, whom she married only for his name. But everyone wonders why Oby and Mat even married at all, for their marriage was a battle from the very beginning. The tales in Mirror of Our Lives: Voices of Four Igbo Women will inspire womenaround the world to never give up, to discover a sense of worth, and most of all, to learn to love themselves above everyone else.

Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960

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Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415972109
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (721 download)

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Book Synopsis Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960 by : Gloria Chuku

Download or read book Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960 written by Gloria Chuku and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extrait de amazon.com : "Among Africanists and feminists, the Igbo-speaking women of southeastern Nigeria are well known for their history of anti-colonial activism which was most demonstrated in the 1929 War against British Colonialism. Perplexed by the magnitude of the Women's War, the colonial government commissioned anthropologists/ethnographers to study the Igbo political system and the place of women in Igbo society. The primary motive was to have a better understanding of the Igbo in order to avoid a repeat of the Women's War. This study will analyze the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro."

Male Daughters, Female Husbands

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Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783603348
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Book Synopsis Male Daughters, Female Husbands by : Professor Ifi Amadiume

Download or read book Male Daughters, Female Husbands written by Professor Ifi Amadiume and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim. This compelling and highly original book frees the subject position of 'husband' from its affiliation with men, and goes on to do the same for other masculine attributes, dislocating sex, gender and sexual orientation. Boldly arguing that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference, Male Daughters, Female Husbands examines the structures in African society that enabled people to achieve power, showing that roles were not rigidly masculinized nor feminized. At a time when gender and queer theory are viewed by some as being stuck in an identity-politics rut, this outstanding study not only warns against the danger of projecting a very specific, Western notion of difference onto other cultures, but calls us to question the very concept of gender itself.

Gender and Diversity Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations

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Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466687738
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Diversity Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations by : Glimps, Blanche Jackson

Download or read book Gender and Diversity Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations written by Glimps, Blanche Jackson and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################

Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498544290
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria by : Sussie U. Aham-Okoro

Download or read book Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria written by Sussie U. Aham-Okoro and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Migration and Development in Africa: Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria provides a unique approach to the study of the role of Igbo women in the diaspora to community development in Igboland. Utilizing primary sources, specifically, migration stories of women and the groups they form in the United States and other parts of the world, the book highlights the dynamism in the zeal to give back to their communities of origin in Igboland. The book seeks to affirm the propensity of Igbo women to evolve through personal efforts and formation of social groups to extend humanitarian services to underprivileged individuals and societies in Igboland. Through several community development programs, they have provided needed medical and educational supplies, hospital equipment, supplies and sponsored several medical missions in different parts of the Igboland. This book further counters the previously understudied role of women in development. Through a comprehensive documentation of the various programs and projects completed by the groups and individual charities, readers and policy makers will be inspired to appreciate the efforts of the various groups and extend needed support and assistance to the groups. The findings in the book reveal the increasing shift from the brain drain concept to brain circulation and networking within the Igbo women community. They are positively utilizing the skills and resources acquired from their host communities to engage in the development processes through remittances and social development projects. The study reinforces the trends and ideas that the improvement of African societies may well depend on the contributions of Africans outside the continent, especially women.

She Called Me Woman

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ISBN 13 : 9781911115595
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (155 download)

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Book Synopsis She Called Me Woman by : Azeenarh Mohammed

Download or read book She Called Me Woman written by Azeenarh Mohammed and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave and ground-breaking anthology of queer women's life stories

The Joys of Motherhood

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Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435909727
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis The Joys of Motherhood by : Buchi Emecheta

Download or read book The Joys of Motherhood written by Buchi Emecheta and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1994 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...a graceful, touching, ironically titled tale. - John Updike A new edition of her classic novel to coincide with the publication of her other works in the African Writers Series. Nnu Ego is a woman devoted to her children, giving them all her energy, all her worldly possessions, indeed, all her life to them -- with the result that she finds herself friendless and alone in middle age. This story of a young mother's struggles in 1950s Lagos is a powerful commentary on polygamy, patriarchy, and women's changing roles in urban Nigeria.

Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351119885
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora by : Akinloyè Òjó

Download or read book Gender and Development in Africa and Its Diaspora written by Akinloyè Òjó and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how the establishment and/or improvement of gender equality impacts on the social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental and political developments of human societies in Africa and its Diaspora. An interdisciplinary team of contributors examine the role of gender in development against the background of Africa’s convoluted and arduous history of state formation, slavery, colonialism, post-independence, nation-building and poverty. Each chapter highlights and stimulates further discussion on the struggles that many African and African Diaspora societies grapple with in the perplexing issue of gender and development - concentrating on gains that have been made and the challenges yet to be surmounted.

The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria

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Publisher : New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria by : Victor Chikezie Uchendu

Download or read book The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria written by Victor Chikezie Uchendu and published by New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston. This book was released on 1965 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the Igbo social system and view of the world. Covers their contact with European culture and the warfare that raged within the Igbo borders."--Textbooks.com viewed Dec. 8, 2020.

The Kpim of Feminism

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426924070
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Kpim of Feminism written by Uzoma Ukagba George Uzoma Ukagba and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea behind The Kpim of Feminism was rooted in the mind of Fada Iroegbu in 2004 following a friendly but heated argument he had with Mrs.Wioletta Ukagba (the wife of one of the current co-editors of this book) who challenged Fada Iroegbu to direct his sharp brain and pen to the defence of women, especially the Nigeria women, who were and still are passing through various kinds of trans-valuation of values, economic exploitation, cultural and scientific manipulations, political marginalization and irredentism and various shades of sexualisation, harassment, exploitation, and commercialization. Fada Iroegbu took up this challenge to kpiminize womanhood, but unfortunately was unable to completely realise his dream before death struck. As it is with many great and indefatigable minds or thinkers who left behind unfinished works, we, his friends, family, interlocutors, well-wishers, men and women of good will, have come together to actualize one of his felt knowledge dreams. The fight for equality between women and men can sometimes not only be exaggerated but also plunged in controversy we cannot fathom The search for the truth about the relationship that ought to exist between male and female should constitute The Kpim of Feminism Dr. George Uzoma Ukagba, Editor, University of Benin In light of the word feminism conjuring up different images to different people, The Kpim of Feminism reflects the sensitivity and objectivity to the concept of feminism by scholars drawing from their fields and life experiences The book insists that women and men be encouraged to emancipate and empower one another together. Dr. Obioma Des-Obi, Editor, Imo State University The Kpim of Feminism, a rare harvest of academic erudition from across the globe, showcases the different modalities from which issues, theories and debates on feminism and other gender-related polemics, past, present and future, could be considered. Dr. Iks J. Nwankwor, Editor, University of Uyo Without mincing words, this book is a welcome intellectual assembly and has come out at the right time with deep critical insights and values for students, researchers, and public and policy issues in both local and global prospects. Patrick Iroegbu, Ph.D., The Kpim Book Project Series Coordinator, Father Pantaleon-Iroegbu Foundation, Grant MacEwan University

Gender, Culture and Empire

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349183075
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender, Culture and Empire by : Helen Callaway

Download or read book Gender, Culture and Empire written by Helen Callaway and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Igbo Philosophy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Book Synopsis Igbo Philosophy by : T. Uzodinma Nwala

Download or read book Igbo Philosophy written by T. Uzodinma Nwala and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: