In Praise of Black Women: Modern African Women

by Simone Schwarz-Bart and André Schwarz-Bart

Modern African Women offers powerful and unforgettable tales from Senegal to South Africa, from the nineteenth century to the present. These modern African rulers, leaders, and visionaries include Madam Yoko, Queen of the Kpaa Mende and national heroine of Sierra Leone; Princess Kesso, a Fulani Muslim princess from Guinea who became one of the world's first black models; Alice Lenshina, who fought British colonial rule in Zambia and was considered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299172708
• ISBN13: 9780299172701
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 12.0"