African women and politics; knowledge, gender, and power in male-dominated Cameroon.0773460659 African women and politics; knowledge, gender, and power in male-dominated Cameroon Cameroon, country Cameroon (kăm'ər  n`), Fr. Cameroun, officially Republic of Cameroon, republic (2005 est. pop. .
Konde, Emmanuel Emmanuel, Byzantine and Portuguese rulers Emmanuel. For Byzantine and Portuguese rulers thus named, use Manuel. Emmanuel, in the Bible Emmanuel, in the Bible: see Immanuel. . Edwin Edwin or Eadwin (both: ĕd`wĭn), 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. Mellen Pr. 2005 239 pages $109.95 Hardcover HQ1236 Konde (Albany State U.) presents an historical study of women and politics in Cameroon, which places knowledge as the center around which access to political power gravitated in the pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial post·co·lo·ni·al adj. Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics. societies of the country. The author traces the rise of Cameroonian women to national political prominence prominence /prom·i·nence/ (prom´i-nins) a protrusion or projection. frontonasal prominence through their access to western education and active involvement in modern women's associations. Using some of these organizations and their leadership as case studies, Konde explores the processes by which Cameroonian women were incorporated into national politics. Many of the author's findings can be applied to the understanding of women's political participation in other African countries; the author cites examples of similar developments elsewhere. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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