BRIDGES ACROSS ACTIVISM AND THE ACADEMY:: The Rising Profile of African Womanhood

God created us in His own image; but our men have recreated us to suit their own interests and pleasures, cried a female theologian in my parish when I was working in Tanzania in East Africa. Although God created African women equal to her male counterpart, she had for long been inhibited, fettered...

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Published in:Journal of Dharma
Main Author: Uka, E. M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 1998
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 1998, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 455-478
Further subjects:B Activism
B Academy
B Womenhood
B African
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Summary:God created us in His own image; but our men have recreated us to suit their own interests and pleasures, cried a female theologian in my parish when I was working in Tanzania in East Africa. Although God created African women equal to her male counterpart, she had for long been inhibited, fettered and restricted in many ways by man-made laws and customs. Such had been the feature of life of women in many patriarchal societies
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma