BLACK SISTERS, SPEAK OUT - FEMINISM AND OPPRESSION IN BLACK AFRICA
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by Awa Thiam
Women are the last great colony in the world, and the Muslim women of Black Africa the most colonized of all. Poligamy, clitoridectomy and sewing up the vagina (infibulation) are the weapons used by men to control millions of women. In this powerful and moving book, Awa Thiam, a black African feminist, let some of the most oppressed women in the world speak for themselves. She makes plain that these practices are not remote and "barbaric", but part of a pattern of universal violence from men towards women. The answer to the problem lies in the direct political action, but action linked to international feminism. Male religion, male politics and male pride are all attack in this bitter examination of their effect on women
Paperback: 136 pages
Women are the last great colony in the world, and the Muslim women of Black Africa the most colonized of all. Poligamy, clitoridectomy and sewing up the vagina (infibulation) are the weapons used by men to control millions of women. In this powerful and moving book, Awa Thiam, a black African feminist, let some of the most oppressed women in the world speak for themselves. She makes plain that these practices are not remote and "barbaric", but part of a pattern of universal violence from men towards women. The answer to the problem lies in the direct political action, but action linked to international feminism. Male religion, male politics and male pride are all attack in this bitter examination of their effect on women
Paperback: 136 pages
