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Daughters of Anowa: African women and patriarchy

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Mercy Amba Oduyoye, a native of Ghana and theologian of worldwide acclaim, has drawn together stories that highlight the issues of women in Africa both in cultural and religious terms. Mercy Amba Oduyoye describes herself as having come from the Akan people, who were matrilineal and had many stories of women in leadership positions, both economically and prophetically. This was different from the Yoruba and British-influenced areas of Nigeria, where women were very much subject to their husbands or other male-dominated structures. 'In Africa, the very idea of a "free woman" conjures up negative images,' Mercy Amba Oduyoye writes. 'A "free woman" spells disaster.

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230.096 ODU d

Publisher

Maryknoll : Orbis Books., 1995

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ix,229p.; 21 cm.

Language

English

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978-0-88344-999-8

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230.096

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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY - AFRICAN

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