African women in towns : an aspect of Africa's social revolution / Kenneth Little.
The literature available for this book is very rich in certain aspects of African women's urban position; but it would have been difficult to provide much of the necessary perspective without the aid of several studies which are as yet unpublished.
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London ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[1973]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The urban situation
- Women as migrants
- Women in the urban economy
- Women's urbanization through voluntary associations
- Women in the political arena
- 'Walk-about women'
- The world of lovers
- Courtship and social mobility
- Wife versus lineage
- Matrimonial power, parity, and partnership
- Conclusions
- Appendix
- some relevant 'portraits'
- References cited
- Index.