Research Catalog

Title

African feminist politics of knowledge : tensions, challenges, possibilities / edited by Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Signe Arnfred.

Publication

Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Arnfred, Signe
• Adomako Ampofo, Akosua
• Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

Description

232 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• Women scholars > Africa
• Feminist theory > Africa
• Savantes > Afrique
• Théorie féministe > Afrique
• Feminist theory
• Women scholars
• Africa

Note

• "© The authors and Nordiska Afrikainstitutet 2010"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Feminist Politics of Knowledge / Signe Arnfred and Akosua Adomako Ampofo -- Chapter 1. One Who has Truth -- She has Strength: The Feminist Activist Inside and Outside the Academy in Ghana / Akosua Adomako Ampofo -- Chapter 2. Connections to Research: The Southern African Network of Higher Education Institutions Challenging Sexual Harassment/Sexual Violence / Jane Bennett -- Chapter 3. Reflections of a Feminist Scholar-Activist in Nigeria / Charmaine Pereira -- Chapter 4. Advocacy for Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Africa: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / Adetoun Ilumoka -- Chapter 5. Critical Feminism in Mozambique: Situated in the Context of our Experience as Women, Academics and Activists / Isabel Maria Casimiro and Ximena Andrade -- Chapter 6. Disappearing Dodos?: Reflections on Women and Academic Freedom Based on Experiences in Ghana and the United States / Nancy Lundgren and Mansah Prah -- Chapter 7. Doing Women's Studies: Problems and Prospects for Researchers and Activists in Nigeria / Nkoli N Ezumah -- Chapter 7. Discursive Challenges for African Feminisms / Desiree Lewis -- Contributors -- Index.

ISBN

• 9789171066626
• 9171066624

LCCN

2010517787

OCLC

• 666503631
• SCSB-11787366

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library