Life Among the Ibo Women of Nigeria by Salome Nnoromele (1998, Illustrated, Reinforced Hardcover) 
Life Among the Ibo Women of Nigeria by Salome Nnoromele (1998, Illustrated, Reinforced Hardcover)

 
Life Among the Ibo Women of Nigeria by Salome Nnoromele (1998, Illustrated, Reinforced Hardcover)

Publisher: Lucent Books
Publication Date: 1998-05-01
Series: Way People Live Series
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1560063440
ISBN-13: 9781560063445
Product ID: EPID372315
Description: Examines the traditional role of Ibo women as equal participants in the social, economic, religious, and political lives of their communities and how this role has been influenced and changed by centuries of colonization and the pressure...
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Synopsis
Examines the traditional role of Ibo women as equal participants in the social, economic, religious, and political lives of their communities and how this role has been influenced and changed by centuries of colonization and the pressures of modern society.

Details
Publication Date:1998-05-01
Series:Way People Live Series
Edition Description:Illustrated

Size
Length:96 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:8.0 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:12.0 oz

Industry Reviews
Gr 9 Up-The author draws on the extensive studies of the culture, creating a detailed account of women in a "traditional" African society. After a thoughtful introduction, she moves on to traditional Ibo (Igbo) society and women's roles in the political system, economy, and family. Nnoromele also uses primary-source documents to show how the women's rights and responsibilities in this society as well as the participatory, decentralized ways of governing fascinated and rather shocked class-bound, patriarchal turn-of-the-century Europeans. The author's command of the history is not as firm as her knowledge of the anthropology; yet her discussion of the impact of trade with the Europeans; missionaries; and, after the late 19th-century, colonial rule is on target in showing why these women lost political and economic power. Footnotes show a respect for the need to consider evidence, but the added source attributions and frequent quotations from scholarly studies slow the flow of text. In all but the chapters on marriage and motherhood, the level of abstraction may be daunting. The black-and-white photographs include portraits with captions relating to the society but not necessarily the individuals pictured. One illustration and a boxed segment are from entirely different countries. Still, many libraries will want the thoughtful depth found in this book, despite its significant limitations.-Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
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