The colonial experience and particularly the introduction of Christianity and Islam in Africa altered the African socio-cultural fabric and ways of life. European and Arab missionaries diligently spread their religious beliefs which fused with some African cultural practices and ever since, determined the status of particularly African women. Suffice it to say that colonialism, Christianity and Islam masculinized any territory upon which they inflicted themselves and dismantled the matriarchal system that coexisted with patriarchy in some pre-colonial African societies. They also provided an ideological framework for the social roles of women. Besides, Negritude poetic constructions of African women largely contributed in cementing the suba...
This research aims at analysing literature produced by African women as means of resistance to those...
La thèse a pour objectif de montrer non seulement comment les romancières africaines des années 1980...
Christian missionaries were among the first Europeans to move into Africa. They came on a mission to...
The colonial experience, particularly the introduction of Christianity and Islam in Africa, altered ...
198 pagesCritics have tended to examine the portrayals of women in African literature either by foc...
African women’s theology has a commitment to the emancipation of women covering the several themes ...
This paper examines the impact of foreign religions on the African Traditional Religion, their socio...
This article aims to discuss the situation of women among some African ethnicities in the pre-coloni...
Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa has always been a focal point for research, with some contending ...
The central assumption of this study is that the awareness of a historically constructed, culturall...
A majority of West African women, like most other African women, are victims of society regulated by...
Arab culture and the religion of Islam permeated the traditions and customs of the African sub-Sahar...
Since the dawn of time, women generally have had fewer legal rights and status in society than their...
Over the years African women have struggled for space and recognition in all spheres of human life. ...
Three factors, namely slavery, Christian evangelization and colonialism have impacted greatly on th...
This research aims at analysing literature produced by African women as means of resistance to those...
La thèse a pour objectif de montrer non seulement comment les romancières africaines des années 1980...
Christian missionaries were among the first Europeans to move into Africa. They came on a mission to...
The colonial experience, particularly the introduction of Christianity and Islam in Africa, altered ...
198 pagesCritics have tended to examine the portrayals of women in African literature either by foc...
African women’s theology has a commitment to the emancipation of women covering the several themes ...
This paper examines the impact of foreign religions on the African Traditional Religion, their socio...
This article aims to discuss the situation of women among some African ethnicities in the pre-coloni...
Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa has always been a focal point for research, with some contending ...
The central assumption of this study is that the awareness of a historically constructed, culturall...
A majority of West African women, like most other African women, are victims of society regulated by...
Arab culture and the religion of Islam permeated the traditions and customs of the African sub-Sahar...
Since the dawn of time, women generally have had fewer legal rights and status in society than their...
Over the years African women have struggled for space and recognition in all spheres of human life. ...
Three factors, namely slavery, Christian evangelization and colonialism have impacted greatly on th...
This research aims at analysing literature produced by African women as means of resistance to those...
La thèse a pour objectif de montrer non seulement comment les romancières africaines des années 1980...
Christian missionaries were among the first Europeans to move into Africa. They came on a mission to...