Our New Husbands Are Here Households, Gender, and Politics in a West African State from the Slave Trade to Colonial Rule |
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| Author:
| Osborn, Emily Lynn |
| Series title: | New African Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8214-1983-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization?
In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization?