African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development

by Felix K. Ekechi and Bessie House-Midamba

An interdisciplinary study of market women from all parts of Africa shows how, from historical times to the present, African women have used the economic power they have derived from market activities and commercial enterprises to improve their social and political status in a man's world. They used their wealth in pre-colonial times to obtain titles and even chieftainship. Because of their involvement in trade, many women acquired considerable property,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313292140
• ISBN13: 9780313292149
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"