Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa by Egodi Uchendu,... - 9781793642066

Negotiating Patriarchy and Gender in AfricaDiscourses, Practices, and Policies\nAuthor(s): Egodi Uchendu, Ngozi Edeagu, Valerie Delali Adjoh-Davoh, Joyce Agofure, Claudia Berger, Elsab Boshoff, Ngozi Edeagu, Jane Eggers, Joyce Bayande M. Endeley, Ezinne M. Ezepue\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781793642066, 978-1793642066\nSynopsis\nA 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title\nNegotiating Patriarchy and Gender in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Policies examines the entrenchment of patriarchy in Africa and its attendant socioeconomic and political consequences on gender relations. The contributors analyze the historical and modern ways in which gender expectations have enabled women in African societies to be systematically abused and marginalized, from unpaid labor to poor representation in decision-making areas. Exploring regions such as rural Uganda, the suburbs of Zimbabwe, the Gold Coast, South.