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AAS/WST 240 — Women in African Society

Examination of roles and status of women in traditional and contemporary African societies, as well as the impact of international organizations and globalization

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AAS/WST 240 — Women in African Society

MODULE 2 — Women in Changing African Families: Life Cycle, Marriage, Motherhood

Readings:

  • Niara Sudarkasa, “African and Afro-American Family Structure: A Comparison”.  The Black Scholar, vol. 11, no. 8, 1980, pp. 37–60. JSTOR, JSTOR.
  • Sooryamoorthy and Rosalind Chetty —Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Vol. 46, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: FAMILIES IN AFRICA: SOME CASES (WINTER 2015), pp. 21-37. JSTOR, JSTOR
  • Wariumu Njambi and Simon O’Brien – “Revisiting Woman-Woman Marriage”

Videos:

  • National Geographic – “Polygyny in a Muslim Community, Togo”
  • Jean-Marie Teno — Alex’ Wedding [Kanopy]
  • Ousmane Sembene — Xala [youtube]
  • Tulanana Bohela –“Why Some Tanzanian Women Are Marrying Women” [BBC News]
  • Maweni Farm Documentaries – “Nyumba Ntobhu” [youtube]
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Modules

  • MODULE 1 — General Introduction to the Course: Syllabus Debunking Myths, Dispelling Stereotypes, and Correcting Terms about African Women
  • MODULE 2 — Women in Changing African Families: Life Cycle, Marriage, Motherhood
  • MODULE 3 – Women and African Masculinities
  • MODULE 4 — Women in African Rural Economies
  • MODULE 5 – Women and Urban Economies: Formal, Informal, Global
  • MODULE 6 — African Women and Education
  • MODULE 7 – Women, Art, Music, Film, Performance, literature, Oral Traditions
  • MODULE 8 – African Women and Health
  • MODULE 9 – Women and the Environment
  • MODULE 10- African Women and Religion: ATR, Christianity, Islam, and Syncretism
  • MODULE 11 — African Women in Politics: historical and contemporary perspectives
  • MODULE 12 — Women’s Human Rights/African Feminisms/African Womanisms
  • MODULE 13 – Globalization: African Women Migration Experience
  • MODULE 14 — Peace and Security: African Women in Transnational Perspective
  • MODULE 15 – African Women and International Organization
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