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Title: | African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development |
Editors: | House-Midamba, Bessie Ekechi, Felix K. |
Chapter(s): | Present |
Year: | 1995 |
Issue: | 174 |
Pages: | 214 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contributions in Afro-American and African studies (ISSN 0069-9624) |
City of publisher: | Westport, CT |
Publisher: | Greenwood Press |
ISBN: | 0313292140 |
Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
Subjects: | gender relations women traders women |
Abstract: | This book examines the trading activities of women in sub-Saharan Africa from a comparative perspective. It analyses women's participation in trade in terms of the sexual division of labour in African societies, the competition between men and women over certain market items, the nature of resources available, the barriers that affect women's ability to participate fully in economic development, the impact of European imperialism, and the effects of postcolonial adjustment programmes. Contributions: Introduction (Bessie House-Midamba and Felix K. Ekechi) - Esan women traders and precolonial economic power (Onaiwu W. Ogbomo) - Gender, business, and space control: Yoruba market women and power (Toyin Falola) - Gender and economic power: the case of Igbo market women of eastern Nigeria (Felix K. Ekechi) - Muslim women traders of Northern Nigeria: perspectives from the city of Yola (Catherine VerEecke) - Kikuyu market women traders and the struggle for economic empowerment in Kenya (Bessie House-Midamba) - Comparative advantage: women in trade in Accra, Ghana, and Nairobi, Kenya (Claire Robertson) - Baganda women's night market activities (Nakanyike B. Musisi) - Women's fresh produce marketing in Harare, Zimbabwe: motivations for women's participation and implications for development (Nancy E. Horn) - Trade, economy, and family in urban Zimbabwe (Mary Johnson Osirim) - The growth and dynamics of women entrepreneurs in southern Africa (Jeanne Downing). |