Men and Masculinities in Modern AfricaExtrait de la couverture : "Over the last twenty years, gender has become a major research focus in Africa studies, resulting in a surge of rich material. Yet men have rarely been the subject of gender research in Africa, and africanist scholars have yet to fully address how shifting meanings of gender have affected African men or how the understandings and practices of masculinity have been contested and transformed during the colonial and postcolonial eras. This collection is the firt to analyze the concepts and issues involved in exploring African men and the constructions of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa. An introduction establishes the major themes of the anthology : -men as gendered actors -the social construction of masculinity -masculinity as a relational category hegemonic and subordinate masculinities This book challenges stereotypes of African men as savages, patriarchs, or emasculated colonial victims. Essays establish the centrality of gender to the social and political transformation of the 20th-centrury Africa. Chronologically and regionally diverse, the collection moves from the early colonial period through the era of independence and inclludes local studies throughtout the continent, as well as the work of both junior and senior scholars. Anyone interested in scholarship on gender and Africa will find this collection invaluable and thought provoking." |
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AHEBI UGBABE AND THE BRITISH : CHANCE MEETING OR COLLABORATION
? All of this mayhem was happening against the backdrop of an overwhelming
colonial invasion . In January 1909 the British first patrolled the EnuguEzike area
...
AHEBI UGBABE AND THE BRITISH : CHANCE MEETING OR COLLABORATION
? All of this mayhem was happening against the backdrop of an overwhelming
colonial invasion . In January 1909 the British first patrolled the EnuguEzike area
...
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The male ruling elite did not want to have any part in Ahebi ' s autocratic cross -
gender political ascent . However , they found that they really did not have a
choice in the matter because the British stood firmly behind Ahebi , and in so
doing ...
The male ruling elite did not want to have any part in Ahebi ' s autocratic cross -
gender political ascent . However , they found that they really did not have a
choice in the matter because the British stood firmly behind Ahebi , and in so
doing ...
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Ahebi Ugbabe descendant . 29 September 1998 . Adibuah , Selina Ugwuoke .
Parasitologist and medical scientist . Trans Ekulu , Enugu , Enugu State , 23
October 1996 . Agashi , Ogbu . Olu Oha . 26 September 1996 . Akogu , Alice (
formally ...
Ahebi Ugbabe descendant . 29 September 1998 . Adibuah , Selina Ugwuoke .
Parasitologist and medical scientist . Trans Ekulu , Enugu , Enugu State , 23
October 1996 . Agashi , Ogbu . Olu Oha . 26 September 1996 . Akogu , Alice (
formally ...
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Contents
Men and Masculinities in Modern African History | 1 |
2 Forsaking Their Fathers? Colonialism Christianity and Coming | 33 |
King Ahebi Ugbabe in the History | 52 |
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