Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy

Abstract

* 1. Introduction. * 2. African women present realities and which way forward? * 3. A history of class transformations: contemporary women's organizations in Nigeria. * 4. Class contestation in NCWS and other national women's organizations. * 5. Class and gender dynamics in professional women's organizations: rhetoric and practice. * 6. Gender and class in campaigns and civil discourse. * 7. Class and gender in child abuse. * 8. Women's healthcare and discourses on reproductive health. * 9. Gender, class and voices: women and the 1986 National Political Debate. * 10. Women in local government: a comparison. * 11. Gendering grassroots democracy: the women's committee system. * 12. Class corruption and women's mobilization: the cult of First Lady. * 13. The politics of women's committees in a multicultural and multiethnic society: lessons from Britain and South Africa. * 14. Conclusion.

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