A History of African Motherhood
Author | : Rhiannon Stephens |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2013-09-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107030800 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107030803 |
Rating | : 4/5 (803 Downloads) |
Download or read book A History of African Motherhood written by Rhiannon Stephens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing precolonial African history: words and other historical fragments -- Motherhood in north Nyanza, eighth through twelfth centuries -- Consolidation and adaptation: the politics of motherhood in early Buganda and south Kyoga, thirteenth through fifteenth centuries -- Mothering the kingdoms: Buganda, Busoga and east Kyoga, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries -- Contesting the authority of mothers in the nineteenth century.