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050 00 $aHQ1787$b.A247 2020
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100 1 $aAchebe, Nwando,$d1970-$eauthor.
245 10 $aFemale monarchs and merchant queens in Africa /$cNwando Achebe.
264 1 $aAthens, Ohio :$bOhio University Press,$c[2020]
300 $a224 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm.
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490 1 $aOhio short histories of Africa
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface. Until lions have their own historians, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter: Africanizing history, feminizing knowledge -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Spiritual monarchs: god, goddesses, spirit mediums, and rain queens -- Queens, queen mothers, princesses, and daughters -- Merchant queens -- Female headmen, kings, and paramount chiefs -- African women today -- Conclusion.
520 $a"In this unapologetically African-centered monograph, Nwando Achebe considers the diverse forms and systems of female leadership in both the physical and spiritual worlds, as well as the complexities of female power in a multiplicity of distinct African societies. From Amma to the goddess inkosazana, Sobekneferu to Nzingha, Nehanda to Ahebi Ugbabe, Omu Okwei, and the daughters or umuada of Igboland, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa documents the worlds and life histories of elite African females, female principles, and (wo)men of privilege. Chronologically and by theme, Achebe pieces together the worlds and experiences of African females from African-derived sources, especially language. Achebe explores the meaning and significance of names, metaphors, symbolism, cosmology, chronicles, songs, folktales, proverbs, oral traditions, traditions of creation, and more. From centralized to small-scale egalitarian societies, patrilineal to matrilineal systems, North Africa to sub-Saharan lands, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa offers an unparalleled history of the remarkable African women who occupied positions of power, authority, and influence"--$cProvided by publisher.
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650 0 $aGoddesses, African.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zAfrica.
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830 0 $aOhio short histories of Africa.
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