Muslim
Feminism and Feminist Movement : Africa/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R. Khanam.
Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, 2 Vols., xvi, 830 p., $88 (set). ISBN
81-87746-43-2.
Muslim
Feminism and Feminist Movement : Africa/edited by Abida Samiuddin and R. Khanam.
Delhi, Global Vision Pub., 2002, 2 Vols., xvi, 830 p., $88 (set). ISBN
81-87746-43-2.
Contents: Vol. I: Preface. 1. Feminism in an African context. 2. Feminist movement for equal rights in North Africa. 3. African feminism theorist: Molara Ogundipe-Leslie. 4. The abolition of sexual mutilations. I. Algeria: 5. Gender conflict and civil society. 6. The execution and murder of women, foreigners and intellectuals in Algeria. 7. Women’s rights activist assassinated in Algeria. 8. The martyrdom of girls raped by Islamic armed groups. Appendices. II. Djibouti: 9. Female circumcision in Djibouti. III. Egypt: 10. The feminist movement in Egypt. 11. Egyptian reformism and women’s right. 12. Feminist consciousness and the Islamic state. 13. Post-colonial cultural politics of feminism and Islamism. 14. ‘A’isha Taymur in feminist movement and modernist discourses 19 century Egypt. 15. Huda Sharawi and female militancy. 16. Impact of Islamic fanaticism thought on young Muslim women. 17. Fundamentalism and feminism. 18. Egyptian women and ethnographic representations. Appendices. IV. Eritrea: 19. Female circumcision in Eritrea. V. Ethiopia: 20. Female circumcision in Ethiopia. VI. Gambia: 21. Female circumcision in Gambia. VII. Ghana: 22. Effort to eradicate female circumcision in Ghana. VIII. Ivory Coast: 23. Girls forced into a bond of Tyranny. IX. Jordon: 24. Status of women and Ahwal al-shakhsiyyah reforms. X. Kenya: 25. The feminist movement and the women’s empowerment. 26. Female circumcision: meaning and purpose. XI. Liberia: 27. Awareness to prohibit female circumcision in Liberia. XII. Mali: 28. Female circumcision in Mali. XIII. Morocco: 29. Changing interpretations of Islam and feminism: Fatima Mernissi and Ghada Samman. 30. Feminisation of poverty. Appendix.
Vol. II: Preface. XIV. Namibia: 31. Many faces of Namibian feminist movement. XV. Nigeria: 32. Female seclusion in Northern (Hausaland) Nigeria: historical development. 33. Theological implication of gender in Nigerian society. 34. Women and fundamentalism. 35. Wifeism and activism in the Nigerian women’s movement. 36. Survey of female circumcision in Ibadan, Nigeria. 37. Baba of Karo (1890-1960) girls’ trading expeditions, bond-friends, and marriage. 38. The patriarchal bargaining in Tijaniyya Sufi order in Northern Nigeria. XVI. Sierra Leone: 39. Female circumcision in Sierra Leone. XVII. South Africa: 40. Muslim feminism and Muslim personal law. XVIII. Sudan: 41. Challenges faced by Sudanese feminist liberation movement. 42. Gender maternity and morality in Sudanese community in Egypt. 43. Feminist movement and fundamentalist resistance. 44. Sexist matriculation policy in Sudan. 45. Female circumcision in Sudan. Appendices. XIX. West Africa: 46. Struggle against feminine excision and its impact on mother and child in West Africa. XX. Yugoslavia: 47. Islamic nationalism and Muslim feminism. 48. Feminism and nationalism in Yugoslavia. Bibliography. Index.
"The sole objective of this two volumes book "Muslim Feminism and Feminist Movement in Africa" is to conduct a study of the conceptual development of Muslim feminism and motive of feminist movement in African countries—Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Jordon, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, West Africa, and Yugoslavia. This book consists of 48 important articles of eminent scholars focused on the development of feminist culture and fundamentalists resistance in African countries. These articles basically deal with the nature and motivation of feminist movement and its impact on the socio-political and legal reforms in family law and the status of African Muslim women." (jacket)