The voices of women in Africa. Love, marriage, slavery, apartheid

The paper documents women’s self expression from Africa, from Limba stories and Somali love poetry to self-told tales of women under slavery and apartheid or of young girls reluctantly but submissively going into marriage, together with the images of deceit and infidelity often attributed to women i...

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Main Author:	Ruth Finnegan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Firenze University Press 2015-03-01
Series:	Storia delle Donne
Subjects:	oral literature Africa women literature letteratura orale Africa
Online Access:	https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/sdd/article/view/2511

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spelling	doaj-57814bd52a1f4643ad1b73a57efbfde82021-04-02T16:33:41ZengFirenze University PressStoria delle Donne1826-75131826-75052015-03-0110110.13128/SDD-1557013043The voices of women in Africa. Love, marriage, slavery, apartheidRuth FinneganThe paper documents women’s self expression from Africa, from Limba stories and Somali love poetry to self-told tales of women under slavery and apartheid or of young girls reluctantly but submissively going into marriage, together with the images of deceit and infidelity often attributed to women in male-generated tales and observations. The paper is illustrated by historical texts from first hand research in the field, dating from the mid nineteenth century to the present.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/sdd/article/view/2511oral literatureAfrica women literatureletteratura oraleAfrica
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The voices of women in Africa. Love, marriage, slavery, apartheid

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