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Title:African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development
Editors:House-Midamba, BessieISNI
Ekechi, Felix K.ISNI
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).
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