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The Role of Nigerian Women in Politics
Author: Patrick Kenechukwu Uchendu
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria
Author: Sussie U. Aham-Okoro
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-06-05
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 1498544290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gender, Migration and Development in Africa: Igbo Women in the Diaspora and Community Development in Southeastern Nigeria provides a unique approach to the study of the role of Igbo women in the diaspora to community development in Igboland. Utilizing primary sources, specifically, migration stories of women and the groups they form in the United States and other parts of the world, the book highlights the dynamism in the zeal to give back to their communities of origin in Igboland. The book seeks to affirm the propensity of Igbo women to evolve through personal efforts and formation of social groups to extend humanitarian services to underprivileged individuals and societies in Igboland. Through several community development programs, they have provided needed medical and educational supplies, hospital equipment, supplies and sponsored several medical missions in different parts of the Igboland. This book further counters the previously understudied role of women in development. Through a comprehensive documentation of the various programs and projects completed by the groups and individual charities, readers and policy makers will be inspired to appreciate the efforts of the various groups and extend needed support and assistance to the groups. The findings in the book reveal the increasing shift from the brain drain concept to brain circulation and networking within the Igbo women community. They are positively utilizing the skills and resources acquired from their host communities to engage in the development processes through remittances and social development projects. The study reinforces the trends and ideas that the improvement of African societies may well depend on the contributions of Africans outside the continent, especially women.
The Igbo and the Tradition of Politics
Author: U. D. Anyanwu
Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published for the Centre for Igbo Studies at Abia State University, this study is the first book from the Centre. Aspects of the tradition of politics among the Igbo are examined, including religion, age, economy, history, leadership, structures, institutions, values, sex and gender. The twenty-six papers published here were presented at the First Annual Conference of the Centre, and are arranged in five parts: Theoretical Perspectives covering the meaning, content, style, purpose and values of Igbo political tradition; Political Systems focussing on case studies; Cultural Perspectives including Onomastics, patterns of religious influence, celebration of tradition of politics in Chinua Achebe's novels, gender, traditional communication and the oratorical co-efficient; Economic Perspectives; and the Contemporary Situation.
Igbo Women and Politics in Nigeria, 1929-1999
Author: Ngozi Okiakor
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780773415560
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Documents Igbo women's participation in politics in Nigeria. This title highlights both their individual and collective efforts, achievements, contributions, obstacles, shortcomings, and prospects in the Nigerian political terrain from 1929 to 1999.
Promoting Gender Equality in Political Participation
Author: Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-03-17
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 1786615215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book analyses patterns of women’s political participation and evaluates disparity between levels of women’s participation in politics and representation in governance in Nigeria. It also examines the causes of women’s underrepresentation in governance and decision-making as well as their implications for the country’s socioeconomic development and describes strategies for increased women’s representation in governance and decision-making in Nigeria. This study relies on political-culture and liberal-feminist theory and adopts a mixed-method research design involving quantitative and qualitative methods. It uses multistage sampling in selecting Nigeria’s South-East, North-West and South-West geopolitical-zones and 1206 women of electoral age for the study survey conducted using structured questionnaire and in-depth interview.
The Concept of "sitting on a Man"
Author: Toboulayefa Agara-Houessou-Adin
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Things Fall Apart
Author: Chinua Achebe
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1994-09-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0385474547
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Nigerian Women's Participation in National Politics
Author: Kamene Okonjo
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The political marginalization of women in the Habe States of northern Nigeria began with the introduction of Islam in the 11th century and was virtually completed by the Fulani conquest of the Habe States in the 19th century (Calloway 1987:11-18). Formal British rule, imposed early in the 20th century, reinforced this trend in southern Nigeria by excluding women from many of their diverse and substantial political roles. Post-independence Nigerian governments have attempted to reverse this situation by including a limited number of women in government. But this tokenism has neither met the need for sexual equality of representation in government nor ensured stability through a diversified distribution of power. Progressive but limited action is being taken, as more serious thought is given to the problem of eliminating the gender biases of the Nigerian political system.
Women in Igbo Life and Thought
Author: Joseph Therese Agbasiere
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1136359001
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A member of the Igbo tribe of Nigeria who became a nun and trained as an anthropologist, Joseph Therese Agbasiere had a unique opportunity to transcend some of the preconceptions and subjectivities inevitable when an 'outsider' studies a native society. Her richly detailed ethnography examines kinship practices, marriage customs, and women's responsibilities in the house and the community, establishing the tremendous influence that Igbo women wield in public affairs. Igbo ideas about the universe, the person and spiritual considerations are also discussed and shown to be primarily centred around women. This fascinating work is a testament to the combination of personal insight and academic detachment which the author brought to her study of Igbo women before her death in 1998. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars in anthropology, African studies and women's studies.
