Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel

by Miriam Curfew

Book Overview

How do women in Niger experience pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to understand childbirth in a country with the world's highest fertility rate and an alarmingly high rate of maternal and infant mortality. Cooper shows how the environment, slavery and abolition, French military rule, and the rapid expansion of Islam have all influenced childbirth and fertility in Niger from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253042003
• ISBN13: 9780253042002
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"