African Women Legends and the Spirituality of Resistance

By: Musa W. Dube and Telesia K. Musili and Sylvia Owusu-Ansah

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Synopsis: This volume focuses on African indigenous women legends and their potential to serve as midwives for gender empowerment and for contributing towards African feminist theories. It considers the intersection of gender and spirituality in subverting patriarchy, colonialism, anthropocentricism, and capitalism as well as elevating African women to the social space of speaking as empowered subjects with public influence. The chapters examine historical, cultural, and religious African women legends who became champions of liberation and their approach to social justice. The authors suggest that their stories of resistance hold great potential for building justice-loving Earth Communities. This book will be of interest to scholars of religion, gender studies, indigenous studies, African studies, African-indigenous knowledges, postcolonial studies, among others.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781003852438
Related ISBNs:: 9781003852421, 9781032587271, 9781003460978
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/10/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Musa W. Dube, Telesia K. Musili and Sylvia Owusu-Ansah
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Musa W. Dube
Edited by:: Telesia K. Musili
Edited by:: Sylvia Owusu-Ansah