Title: | The state in Africa and women: The changing economic occupations of Mafa women due to Islamisation |
Author: | Santen, J.C.M. van |
Year: | 1990 |
Pages: | 29 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Paper for the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, University of York, England, March 28-April 1, 1990 |
Geographic term: | Cameroon |
Subject: | gender |
Abstract: | The changing economic occupations of Mafa women in Mokolo, North Cameroon, after their conversion to Islam are presented here, not as an isolated phenomenon, but in relation to discussions concerning the role of the State in Africa and the actual economic situation of Cameroon as one of those countries affected by an IMF structural adjustment programme. |