Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa

Egodi Uchendu is professor of history at the University of Nigeria.Ngozi Edeagu is a PhD candidate in African history at the Bayreuth International School of Graduate Studies (BIGSAS), Universität Bayreuth, Germany and is lecturer at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike in Nigeria.

This text is a major contribution to women’s studies in Africa and elsewhere.Scholars from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the US are among the authors that Uchendu and Edeagu have brought together in this illuminating, scholarly, multidimensional, and multidisciplinary work. Over four sections—"Gender Discourse and Domination"; "Women, Work, and Exploitation"; "Women in Power and Male Dominance"; and "Policy Implementation"—the contributing authors examine patriarchal structures of dominance and systemic hindrances to full equality. They find that institutionalized patriarchy has been the norm in various spheres, including everyday speech, and has been reflected in film, literature, and politics…. Projects such as the Kenyan Dads and Daughters and mechanisms such as the Maputo Protocol are among the harbingers of hope discussed in the collection. Highly recommended. General readers through faculty; professionals.

• IntroductionEgodi Uchendu and Ngozi Edeagu Part I Gender Discourse and DominationChapter 1: “Black Peril, White Peril?” Challenging Racialized Gender Hierarchies in Early 20th Century South AfricaClaudia Berger Chapter 2: Isoken: An Exploration of Differential Enjoyment of Rights and DignityEzinne Ezepue Chapter 3: Challenging Patriarchy: East African Women’s Knowledge Systems Catherine Cymone Fourshey and Marla L. Jaksch Chapter 4: “l Paid Lobola!” The Interface between Bride Price and Domestic Violence: A Case Study of Epworth, 2007-2017Tasara Muguti and Nyasha Mlambo Chapter 5: The Interconnection between Youth Gangs, Toxic Masculinity, and Gender-Based Violence in South AfricaG. Nokukhanya Ndhlovu and Pius T. Tanga Chapter 6: Structuration Theory and Patriarchy System in Africa: The Silent and the Salient in a Lifeless StructureSamuel O. Okafor Part II Women, Work and ExploitationChapter 7: Patriarchy and Cultural Values in 19th and 20th Century GhanaVal