Women writing Africa. West Africa and the Sahel

Women writing Africa. West Africa and the Sahel / edited by Esi Sutherland-Addy and Aminata Diaw.

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Other Authors: Sutherland-Addy, Esi, Diaw, Aminata
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Women writing Africa project ; v. 2
Subjects:
West African literature > Women authors.
Folk literature, African.
Oral tradition > Africa, West.
Women > Africa, West > Literary collections.
Women > Africa, West > History > Sources.
Africa, West > Literary collections.
Africa, West > History > Sources.

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300 |a xxxi, 477 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
440 0 |a Women writing Africa project ;  |v v. 2 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-83) and index. 
505 0 |a Ritual and ceremonial words -- Thirteenth century to 1916: the age of African empires -- Lullabies and songs of young women -- Work songs -- The 1970s and 1980s: negotiating new social identities -- Songs and tales of social negotiation -- The 1990s and the new century. 
505 8 |t Ritual and ceremonial words --  |t Oya, or the wind behind the lightning /  |r Ede Court Historians --  |t Praise poem for Osun /  |r Olorisa Osun --  |t Maïéto, or the battle of the sexes /  |r Béatrice Djedja --  |t The plump woman's song /  |r Communal --  |t Marriage song cycles --  |t Dyula songs /  |r Young women of Kong --  |t Hausa songs /  |r Communal --  |t She who destroys her harp /  |r Dior Konate --  |t Arrival of the new bride --  |t Xaxar, or satirical song /  |r Communal --  |t Welcoming the bride /  |r Communal --  |t Celebrating birth --  |t Where is it from /  |r Communal --  |t If not for childbirth /  |r Communal --  |t Kanyeleng, or childless /  |r Binita Bojang --  |t Lamentations --  |t Nyaako /  |r Afua Siaa (Fofie) --  |t We offer you condolences /  |r Manhyia Tete Nwonkoro Group --  |t Dry your tears, little orphan doe /  |r Communal --  |t Ntam, an oath /  |r Nanahemmaa Toaa Ampofo Tua III --  |t Thirteenth century to 1916: the age of African empires --  |t Two songs for Sunjata /  |r Communal --  |t Elegy for Inikpi /  |r Communal --  |t Letter of petition /  |r Madalena Van Poppos --  |t Poems /  |r Nana Asma'u --  |t Give us victory --  |t Be sure of God's truth --  |t Elegy for Zaharatu --  |t Makori, or the triumph of slaves /  |r Nditi Ba --  |t The warring hosts /  |r Ola Bentsir Adzewa group --  |t Letter from a former slave /  |r Malinda Rex --  |t Letters of Queen Victoria's wards --  |t Letters of Sarah Forbes Bonetta --  |t Letters of Victoria Davies --  |t Letter from the women of Senehun /  |r Mame Yoko and others --  |t Two letters to the editor /  |r Anonymous --  |t Lullabies and songs of young women --  |t Lullabies --  |t Ayo, my baby /  |r Samba Tew Sew --  |t Lullaby /  |r Communal --  |t Hindatou /  |r Maman Ibrah Hinda --  |t Who did my baby wrong /  |r Miriam Gaye --  |t I'd like to stay /  |r Communal --  |t An old man /  |r Communal --  |t Carry on and have fun /  |r Communal --  |t Circle songs --  |t Even if you beat me /  |r Communal --  |t I will buy you a shirt /  |r Communal --  |t Maidens in a group /  |r Communal -- 
505 8 |t 1916 to 1970: the rise of nationalism --  |t A mother's plea: two letters /  |r N'della Sey --  |t Anit-colonial songs /  |r Women of Passoré and Ladre --  |t The white man has come --  |t Bamko --  |t Poko --  |t A petition /  |r Houleye Diop --  |t The Aba women's war --  |r Nwanyeruwa --  |t Satire from the "Women's corner" --  |t To Miss Bridget Thomas /  |r Yaa Ampongah --  |t Stupefied /  |r Odarley Koshie --  |t What we women can do /  |r Efwa Kato --  |t Champion of twins /  |r Elizabeth Mgbeke Ezumah --  |t My little country /  |r Mariama Bâ --  |t Nothing so sweet /  |r P.A. Itayemi Ogundipe --  |t The march on Grand Bassam --  |t That is how the women woke up /  |r Anne-Marie Raggi --  |t My name is Lucie Traoré /  |r Lucie Traoré Kaboré --  |t From the "Women's column" /  |r Mabel Dove-Danquah and others --  |t The blackman's burden /  |r Adjua Mensah --  |t An ode /  |r Akua Amaku --  |t I have tamed my wife /  |r Akosua Dzatsui  |g (pseud. for Mabel Dove-Danquah) --  |t Mother and daughter --  |t Profile of Gladys /  |r Adelaide Casely-Hayford --  |t Africa schoolgirls' song /  |r Gladys Caseley-Hayford --  |t New life /  |r Efua Sutherland --  |t The roadmakers --  |t Foriwa --  |t We women of the Upper Volta /  |r Celestine Ouezzin Coulibaly --  |t On widowhood /  |r Kate Abbam --  |t We were with you, dedicated to Ethel Kennedy --  |t We shall overcome --  |t Christianity and widowhood rites --  |t Mayor of Freetown /  |r Constance Agatha Cummings-John --  |t Affirmations and remembrances /  |r Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti --  |t The status of women in Nigeria --  |t Autobiographical notes --  |t The causes for revolt remembered --  |t Work songs --  |t Greetings and Praise --  |t You of the house /  |r Communal  |t One single measure /  |r Communal --  |t Invocation at milking /  |r Communal --  |t Praise song /  |r Zebuglo of Loho --  |t Songs of migration --  |t The beauty of Kumasi /  |r Communal --  |t These west-coasters are liars /  |r Communal --  |t The non-migrant's song /  |r Communal --  |t Songs of insult --  |t Tabardé, or blanket making /  |r Communal --  |t The sisters-in-law Diedhiou /  |r Communal --  |t Seybata, or my backside, insult her /  |r Communal -- 
505 8 |t The 1970s and 1980s: negotiating new social identities --  |t Tanofia /  |r Selma Al-Hassan --  |t The traveller /  |r Flora Nwapa --  |t Two poems /  |r Adja Khady Diop --  |t The work of Senegalese women --  |t The year we looked up at the balloon --  |t Conversation with midwife Sokona Diaoune /  |r Aoua Keita --  |t Rural poems --  |t Tribute to Yaxa Ma Jam women /  |r Khadi Diop --  |t Emigration terrifies me /  |r Ndeye Seck --  |t A necessary evil /  |r Buchi Emecheta --  |t Two songs /  |r Daughters of Divine Love --  |t How the Daughters of Divine Love congregation started in the year 1969 --  |t We love you, Jesus --  |t Allah is the light in the darkness /  |r Hadjia Coge --  |t Jesus of the deep forest /  |r Afua Kuma --  |t Listen to me, child of a Griot /  |r Toelo --  |t Love poems for the Sultan /  |r Shaïda Zarumey --  |t Incense --  |t Taka --  |t Nawa's lament /  |r Nawa Kulibali --  |t President Doe's prisoner /  |r Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf --  |t Songs and tales of social negotiation --  |t The man who dug up yams /  |r Nyano Bamana --  |t Name poems /  |r Communal --  |t Hasan --  |t Sîta --  |t Eyidi, or naming /  |r Communal --  |t Recitatives for drum and dancers --  |t Play for me, drummer man /  |r Sadi Habi --  |t Taasu /  |r Marame Seye --  |t The gazelle /  |r Communal --  |t Types of wives and husbands /  |r Salle-ka-ma-kani --  |t Five types of wives --  |t Three types of husbands --  |t The poor orphan: a folktale /  |r Nana Yaa Tiakaa --  |t Bodies and babies: three songs --  |t The torments of labor /  |r Communal --  |t I have hope /  |r Communal --  |t Did you say I am old /  |r Kunak Bonat --  |t I am not a cow /  |r Bohintu Kulibali -- 
505 8 |t The 1990s and the new century --  |t Eclectic connections /  |r Werewere Liking --  |t Interview --  |t From Singuè Mura, or given that a woman --  |t A decent woman /  |r Bernadette Dao Sanou --  |t Speaking as a woman /  |r Ama Ata Aidoo --  |t The African woman today --  |t A young woman's voice doesn't break, it gets firmer --  |t The ugliest girl in the kingdom /  |r Deborah Nazi-Boni --  |t A trader caught in ethnic violence /  |r Afua Kobi --  |t Russians under Accra /  |r Amma Darko --  |t Regrets for Rwanda --  |t From There is no suitable word /  |r Tanella Boni --  |t Where to find the proper word --  |t Silence came reluctantly --  |t Thousands of specks of dust we were --  |t From The shadow of Imana /  |r Véronique Tadjo --  |t The story of Cansolata --  |t Anastasio and Anastasia --  |t Kapro, the royal gift /  |r Nana Adwoa Anokyewaa --  |t The importance of work /  |r Adja Dior Diop --  |t Teaching the Qur'an /  |r Adja Mariama Niasse --  |t A Wassoulou singer /  |r Oumou Sangare --  |t A perfect wife /  |r Anna Dao --  |t Child soldiering /  |r Isatou Alwar Cham-Graham --  |t The hunger project award speech /  |r Nagbila Aisseta --  |t En route to the twenty first century /  |r Mariama Ndoye --  |t Africa is not poor: an interview with Debra S. Boyd /  |r Aminata Traore. 
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