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Author Thiam, Awa.

Title Speak out, Black sisters : feminism and oppression in Black Africa / Awa Thiam ; translated by Dorothy S. Blair
Published London ; Dover, N.H. : Pluto Press, 1986

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 MELB  305.486297706 Thi/Sob  AVAILABLE
Description 136 pages ; 20 cm
Contents Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part 1. The voices of black women -- Part 2. The trials and tribulations of the black African woman -- 1. Clitoridectomy and infibulation -- 2. Institutionalized polygamy -- 3. Sexual initiation -- 4. Skin whitening -- Part 3. Feminism and revolution -- Conclusion. What suggestions should we make to our black sisters? -- Selected bibliography
Analysis Africa Muslim negro women Discrimination by society
Africa. Muslim negro women. Discrimination by society
Notes Translation of: La parole aux négresses
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136)
Notes Translation of: La parole au négresses
Description based on print version record
Subject Feminism -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Muslim women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Muslim women -- Africa.
Muslims, Black -- Africa.
Muslims, Black.
Sex discrimination against women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Case studies.
Sex discrimination against women -- Africa.
Women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
LC no. 88117764
ISBN 0745300502
9780745300504
Other Titles Parole aux négresses. English
Black sisters, speak out : feminism and oppression in Black Africa
Black sisters, speak out