Publication for Mother's Day from Africa World Press and The Red Sea Press!
A Note From The Publisher:
Dear Friends:
Mother's day is upon us, and we have the unique pleasure of sharing with you many of our books that relate to the issue of Gender and mothering.
Mothers are the core of our creation and development. They define and form an effective and impactful force in our lives. They give birth, nurture and enable our passages from childhood to maturity. Their role in any society is so essential that what affects them on a regular basis has much impact on our lives as a whole.
Our books explore the brave and often unappreciated lives of women in globalized societies.
Kassahun Checole, Publisher | | FEMINIST AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CARIBBEAN MOTHERING | Mothering has been a recurring theme in the work of many women writers and Caribbean women writers are no exception. Furthering this dialogue, Feminist and Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Mothering not only accentuates the varied representations of mothering and motherhood but also challenges traditional interpretations of mothering. Thus, the volume comprises of a collection of essays, which examine the multiple definitions and images of mothering and motherhood—from childbirth as the initial site to surrogate, communal, and extended parenthood in the stories of generations of women that include grandmothers, godmothers, sisters and aunts. Writing out of their numerous cultural, political, social, spiritual, and economic worlds, these Caribbean mothers bring needed attention to their endurance of social class, language, cultural chauvinism, physical and psychological exile, racial politics, and colonial sovereignty barriers. Edited by Dorsía Smith Silva and Simone A. James Alexander ISBN: 9781592219230/ $29.95 | | THE MOTHER OF US ALL: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Winward Jamaican Maroons | "The Mother of Us All" is an analysis of the history of Queen nanny, the great 18th century leader of the Windward of Eastern Jamaican Maroons. The importance of this great leader's struggle against British colonial empire and its institution of slavery on the island of Jamaica has previously been largely ignored. To correct this gap, oral histories, including myths, legends, songs, ceremonies and local language are analyzed, as well as written texts including legal documents, journals of the era, historical land grants and peace treaties, poems, novels, critical texts, historical texts and children's books.
Author Karla Gottlieb ISBN: 9780865435650/$18.95 | | MY MOTHER WHO IS ME: Life Stories from Jamaican Women in New York | "Jacqueline Bishop has presented us with a rare gift in this fine collection of life stories. This never-before-assembled chorus of voices with its wide-ranging repertoire is truly remarkable. From powerful personal tales of courage and survival to more complicated testaments of lives lived in rare privilege, or on the margins of society, these narratives speak eloquently to the wisdom, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of Jamaican women." -Lorna Goodison, Author of Controlling the Silver
Author Jacqueline Bishop ISBN: 9781592213443 /$19.95 | | A PAINFUL SEASON AND A STUBBORN HOPE: The Odyssey of an Eritrean Mother | Abeba Tesfagiorgis has a startling story. A story which might as well have been acted out on the dark side of the moon for the world knew of what befell her. her record of her experiences at the hands of the Ethiopians in Asmara, and the odyssey which follows her escape from the tortures, gives us a picture of how thoroughly the forces, first the Emperor, and then the Stalinist dictator Mengistu, alienated the Eritrean people. When tyrants go to so much trouble to alienate the innocent purely on the basis of their nationalist, they create conditions for a popular uprising, the uprising which has now at least succeeded in Eritrea. Abeba's voice is simply one voice raised on behalf of humanity and directed against the folly of dictators.
Abeba's tale will stand for a long time as a remarkable story of an Eritrean experience and of the forces which created an Eritrean diaspora. It will astound, elevate and ennoble all who read it.
-Tom Keneally, Author of To Asmara and Schindler's List
Author Abeba Tesfagiorgis ISBN: 9780932415844/$19.95 | | ENDANGERED BODIES: Women, Children and Health in Africa | "Endangered Bodies: Women, Children and Health in Africa" brings together perspectives on issues related to child and maternal health from a variety of different angles. While diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and others continue to threaten the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, there is more to combating these epidemics than eradicating the vectors responsible for them. Social factors also play a major role in bringing awareness, legislation and funding to bear on issues that affect the health of women and children. Therefore, the chapters in this book discuss such social and legal issues as women's abortion rights and practices in Africa, the rights of HIV-infected children and AIDS orphans, and the prevalence of violence against women with its associated health risks, among many others. Overall, "Endangered Bodies" portrays the precarious circumstances under which women and children must battle for equal access and treatment in inhospitable environs.
Edited by Toyin Falola and Michael M. Heaton ISBN: 9781592215010/$29.95 | | ACADEMIC MOTHERS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: Stories from India, Brazil and South Africa | This book is a welcome and noteworthy addition to the field of mothering, motherhood, and gender studies. Methodically and with precision, each chapter provides an introduction, discussion on research, analysis of the findings, exploration of the participants' narratives, and conclusion. The accessible studies strike a solid balance on the interpersonal and multidimensional models of academic mothers and the most insightful components are the voices of the interviewees, especially as they highlight the diverse roles of academic mothers in the selected countries. As the authors' poignantly posit, these women "express concerns about their family, social and labour routines, and their roles as mother, academic professional and a woman."
Authors V. Pillay, N. Mitra Van Berg, D. Bhana, C. Guimaraes de Mattos, P. Almeida de Castro ISBN: 9781569025536/$24.95 | | GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND MOTHERING IN AFRICA | This volume fills an important gap in our understanding of the complex interrelationship between gender, sexuality, and the phenomenon of mothering in African societies. Essays present the social construction of marriage, mothering, and widowhood and discuss the various ways in which marriages were negotiated, the impact of increasing teenage pregnancies and non-formal educational techniques on unwed teenage mothers, the effects of gendered violence on women, as well as the myriad ways in which violence manifests itself in the lives of women as viewed through the prisms of some literary works and dramas. The volume also provides compelling analyses about the increasingly important role of the legal sphere in mediating the conditionality of African women as well as the complex interplay between religion, sexuality, and politics, most especially as they impinge on the roles and status of African women. EDITED BY Toyin Falola and Bessie House-Soremekun ISBN: 9781592218622/$34.95 | | EXTENDED FAMILIES IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | This volume presents a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the nature, functioning, and variations of extended families in Africa and the African Diaspora. Extended families have played important roles in the societies of the African world, where social safety nets tend to be incomplete or even non-existent. In these societies, families are able to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday living by participating in a network of reciprocal assistance provided by members of a larger group: the extended family, the lineage, or even the clan.
EDITED BY Osei-Mensah Aborampah & Niara Sudakasa ISBN: 9781592218110/$39.95 | | ACHEBE'S WOMEN: Imagism and Power | Women character portraiture in Achebe's novels has been seen from the widely explicit inferiority that marks her being. She is schooled from infancy to be docile and be satisfied with being voice-less even in matters that affect her or her children directly. The overall picture of women is one of weakness and self-effacement. This image stuck especially from the background of Achebe's objective to present real heroes in the culture that is not what Josef Konrad depicted in Heart of Darkness. The story of Things Fall Apart is of Okonkwo and a society of men where women were relegated to the background of domesticity and motherhood and where if they offered any opposition however feeble, they were beaten to submission and silence. True but that did not reflect the whole story. The rural setting of Things Fall Apart in the pre-colonial period showed women with little or no identity except as wives and mothers. No tales of renown or accomplishments are told of them even as mothers and mothers of sons. In this text, we posit that women faced with overwhelming odds of subsumation, do manage to navigate their way through, enough to affect men's power and yet, no songs are made on them, their stories are not told. This text is our song for the un-sung, our recognition of the roles of women in the subsuming patriarchal society.
EDITED BY Helen Chukwuma ISBN: 9781592218905/$34.95 | | THE POWER OF GENDER THE GENDER OF POWER: Women's Labor Rights and Responsibility in Africa | This volume focuses on the intersections of gender and power in Africa, the historical roots of inequality as experienced by women and social institutions that reinforce social hierarchies and distribute power unevenly within the social, economic, religious and political spheres during the 19th and 20th centuries. Case studies address the complexities and state of gender relations, gender workings across disciplines, and, women's labor, rights and responsibilities. Based on rich and wide-ranging research and data, the volume features both theoretical and empirical essays that explain the relevance of gender as a category of analysis. The essays represent a cross section of intellectual thought, and cover a broad range of historical eras, disciplines, and topics, bringing new voices from Francophone and Lusophone Africa. This volume will appeal to scholars, students, educators, policy makers, and the general public, especially the growing number of non-scholars who take an active interest in gender relations, women's rights, and labor relations.
EDITED BY Toyin Falola and Bridget Teboh ISBN: 9781592219124/$59.95 | | AFRICAN WOMEN AND FEMINISM: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood | The relationship between African women and feminism is a contentious one. Embedded in this connection is the question of whether sisterhood—a mantra assuming a common oppression of all women and signifying feminist international/cross-cultural relations—describes the symbolic and functional representation of African women. The contributors in this book are aware of the global discourse on women as articulated by Western feminists and interrogate the issues raised by the misinterpretation of African women of both black and white American feminists. The implications of the dominance of Western men and women in the production of knowledge about Africa are also explored. This volume also raises profound questions about the idea that a common anatomy can form the basis of sororal solidarity among women of different colors, cultures, classes, nations, and religions.
EDITED BY Oyeronke Oyewumi ISBN: 9780865436282/$29.95 | | TEMBA TUPU! (WALKING NAKED) Africana Women's Poetic Self-Portrait | Temba Tupu! is a one-of-a-kind anthology brimming with a cross-section of poetic styles that represent the creative genius of Africana women from the beginning of written records. Included are selections from Queen Hatshepsut, Makeda, Queen of Sheba, Sojourner Truth, Gladys Casely Hayford, Una Marson, matriarch of Jamaican women's poetry, and Noemia Da Sousa, a revolutionary poet from southern Africa, as well as poems from contemporary poets like the former United States Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, popular people's poet, Nikki Giovanni, Ghanaian poet and dramatist, Ama Ata Aidoo, Trinidadian poet, Grace Nichols, Nigerian poet, Taiwo Olaleye-Ornene, and Brazilian poet and scholar, Miriam Alves. The poems assembled in this anthology center on Black women's consciousness: self definitions, their questions regarding the complexities and contradictions of race and gender, their spiritual and inner lives, and their search for Truth.
Edited by Nagueyalti Warren ISBN: 9781592212408/$39.95 | | AFRICAN WOMEN IN REVOLUTION | This book is an ambitious, extensive and detailed analysis of the roles played by African women in seven revolutionary movements in post World War II Africa. The revolutionary movements covered in this book occurred in: Algeria, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. The book describes and analyzes the nature and impact of women's participation in these revolutionary movements. How did these revolutionary movements define women's liberation? What is the linkage between feminist theories of liberation and national liberation? Did the national liberation movements betray women? And what has been the fate of the original commitments (and impulses) toward women's liberation and gender equality? At its center, this is a pioneering broad interpretive work. Author W.O. Maloba ISBN: 9781592214464/$29.95 | | | | Our goal is always to bring you the highest quality of books on Africa and the Diaspora by the most engaging and preeminent authors in the field! Thank you for supporting independent publishing! | | | | | | |
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