Writing African Women

Abstract

* Part I: Theory and Politics ** 1. Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers Within Feminist Gynocriticism - Nana Wilson-Tagoe ** 2. Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria - Bayo Ogunjimi ** 3. Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development: a Short Statement - Akosua Gyamfuaa-Fofie * Part II:: Literatures ** 4. A Life on the women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary - Jane Bryce ** 5. Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel - Dove-Danquah and Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang ** 6. Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodor Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye - Chinyere Okafor ** 7. Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels - Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo ** 8. Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry - Obododimma Oha ** 9. Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali - Margaret Hauwa Kassam ** 10. The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama Bf and Zaynab Alkali - Ibiyemi Mojola ** 11. Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here - Chioma Opara * Part III: Popular Culture ** 12. Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Nigeria - Sani Abba Aliyu ** 13. Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance - Chinyere Grace Okafor ** 14. Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-Fiction - Stephanie Newell ** 15. Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal Casting in Benin City, Nigeria - Adepeju Layiwola