Description
Book SynopsisThis timely and expansive multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collection dissects precolonial, colonial, and post-independence issues of male dominance, power, and control over the female body in the legal, socio-cultural, and political contexts in Africa. Contributors focus on the historical, theoretical, and empirical narratives of intersecting perspectives of gender and patriarchy in at least ten countries across the major sub-regions of the African continent. In these well-researched chapters, authors provide a deeper understanding of patriarchy and gender inequality in identifying misogyny, resisting male supremacy, reforming discriminatory laws, embracing human-centered public policies, expanding academic scholarship on the continent, and more.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Veronica Fynn Bruey
Chapter 1: The Past Before Us: Reimagining Patriarchy and Gender in Africa
L. Amede Obiora
Chapter 2: Intersectionality, Women’s Rights in Africa, and the Maputo Protocol
Johanna E. Bond
Chapter 3: Building the Patriarchy Index for sub-Saharan Africa: Perceptions and Acceptance of Violence Matter Most
Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur
Chapter 4: Patriarchy and Gender Challenges in Africa: Burdens of Wedlock Children in Cameroon
Chick Loveline Ayoh Epse Ndi
Chapter 5: Widow Inheritance in Northern Uganda: Patriarchy or Parenting?
Charles Amone
Chapter 6: Patriarchal and Traditional Gender Roles in Pre- and Post-Independent Eritrea:
A Sociopolitical Analysis
Valentina Fusari and Venkatanarayanan S
Chapter 7: Equal Spaces or Patriarchy? Examining Women’s Participation in Tax Rulemaking
Bernadette Malunga
Chapter 8: Zambia’s Prison Laws and Allied Legislation: The Plight of Women Prisoners Accompanied with Children
Ellah TM Siangándu
Chapter 9: Challenging “Supernormal Patriarchy” in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policies and Laws in Zambia from an Ecofeminist Perspective
Fatima Mandhu
Chapter 10: Football Stadiums as Patriarchal Spaces: Experiences from Harare, Zimbabwe
Manase Kudzai Chiweshe
Chapter 11: Mame Diarra: A Case Study of a Senegalese Female Saint and Sufi
Cheikh Seye
Chapter 12: Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Masculinity in the Academy: An Epicenter of Violence, Abuse of Power, and Humiliation
Veronica Fynn Bruey
