African Women in Towns: An Aspect of Africa's Social Revolution

Abstract

The relationships between men and women are undergoing major changes in modern-day Africa. This is especially true in African urban areas. The urban situation and the ambiguous position of women in that situation is explained. African women wishing a place for themselves in the emerging societies of Africa are capable of militancy. Urbanization and militancy go together because women have enlarged opportunities in urban areas. Chapters deal with: 1) the migration of women to urban areas; 2) their participation in the urban economy; 3) their participation in voluntary organizations and the political areana; 4) their social associations; and 5) marriage and parity for the new African woman. It is noted that most urban African women operate on 2 levels: 1) a woman-woman level where competition takes place through consumption and male relationships; and 2) in the general society where women compete with men on the basis of education employment and politics.

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