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African Women: Inventing New Forms of Solidarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Tanella Boni*
Affiliation:
Paris

Abstract

In contemporary African cultures women are going beyond domestic areas and getting involved in public affairs. They are acting in the social sphere. They are taking an active part in campaigns during the election process. Although in contemporary Africa these new ways of participating in public affairs are still closely associated with the religious domain, women are a major factor of social change in today's Africa.

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Articles
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Copyright © ICPHS 2008

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