Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Women

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Women

Chitando, Anna; Chitando, Ezra; Kamaara, Eunice

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2024

500

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9781032538181

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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction 1: Contemporary African Women: An Appreciation SECTION 2: EMPOWERING IMAGES OF AFRICAN WOMEN IN LITERARY WORKS 2: 'Like flowers blooming from an ice bucket': Contemporary Anglophone Cameroonian Women Writers 3: Sex, Resistance and Agency: (Queer) Young Women in Selected North African Novels and Films 4: African Women's Autonomy as Represented in Selected African Literature 5: Interrogating the Contradictory Portrayal of Women in African Drama Using Uche Nwaozuzu's Ajari and Ebibi SECTION 3: AFRICAN WOMEN NAVIGATING MULTIPLE PANDEMICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE 6: Women, Spirituality/Religion, and Pandemics in Africa 7: Feminine Wisdom as a Resource for Facing Pandemics in Africa 8: Catholic Religious Women and COVID-19: Tracing the Role of Sr Astridah Banda -A Dominican Religious Sister - in Curbing the Pandemic in Zambia 9: Christian Women and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria 10: Women's Leadership in the Face of COVID-19: The Case of Agnes Mahomva in Zimbabwe 11: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Rhetorical Leadership: The Fight to Rebuild Liberia, Empower Women and Conquer Ebola 12: Young African Women's Responses to the Impact of Climate Change 13: Catholic Women Navigating the Challenges of Climate Change in Rural Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe: An Appreciative Inquiry Approach SECTION 4: DEFYING THE ODDS: AFRICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS 14: Overcoming Difficulties as a Woman Scientist in Africa 15: The Trajectory of Rwandan Women in Science and Technology: From the Colonial Period to the Digital Era (1894 - 2023) 16: DePatriarchalizing the Media Coverage of Science in Uganda: Recovering Women's Voices 17: African Women and Leadership in Science Academies 18: Eastern Market Women Activism in Colonial Nigeria: A Historical Perspective 19: Globalization and African Women: Challenges and Opportunities 20: Pathways to Power: Religiosity, Economic Opportunities, and IlParakuyo Maasai Women SECTION 5: AFRICAN WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ACADEMIA AND POLITICS 21: Thriving in New Lands: Migrant Women Doing Business in South Africa 22: Church Women and Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe, Western Diocese 23: The Role of Young Women in Promoting Economic Development in Africa 24: Women in Higher Education Management in Africa: Trends, Policies and Practices 25: An Unbalanced Equation: Exploring Gender Disparity among Academics in Southeast Universities, Nigeria 26: Women's Political Participation and the Place of Patriarchy in Political Institutions in Osun State, Nigeria 27: Young Professional Women's Performative Agency in Challenging Media (Mis) Representations of Women in Politics: The Case of Zimbabwe SECTION 6: AFRICAN WOMEN THRIVING IN HISTORICAL TIMES, OLDER AGE, DIPLOMACY AND RELIGION 28: Empowering Images of Older Women in African Literature 29: Women's Experiences of Growing Older in a Rural Economy in Ghana 30: The Role of Elderly Women in Botswana: A Perspective from African Theological Feminist Gerontolgy 31: Young African Women's leadership in Religious Studies and Theology: A Review with Special Reference to the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal 32: Aluta Continua! African Women Theologians' Contributions to Inclusive Theological Education: Towards the African Union's Agenda 2063 33: Calling the Church to Account: A Theological Response to the Silent Pandemic of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women in Nigeria's Mainline Evangelical Churches 34: African Women in Diplomacy and the Quest for Gender Justice
African Women;Pandemics;Climate Change;Science & Technology;Entrepreneurship;Higher Education;Youth & Older People;Development Studies;African Studies