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The Politics of Survival inSub-Saharan Africa\n\nEdited by Gwendolyn Mikell  \nPENN  \n   \nUniversity of Pennsylvania Press  \nPhiladelphia  \nCopyright ◎1997 Gwendolyn MikellAll rights reservedPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper  \n1098765432  \nPublished by  \nUniversity of Pennsylvania PressPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania 19104-6097  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nAfrican feminism:the politics of survival in sub-Saharan Africa/edited by Gwendolyn Mikell.  \ncm  \np.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN0-8122-3349-2(alk.paper).—ISBN0-8122-1580-X(pbk.;alk.paper)  \n1.Women in development—Africa,Sub-Saharan.2.Feminism—Africa,Sub-Saharan.3.Women—Africa,Sub-Saharan—SocialconditionsI.Mikell,Gwendolyn.HQ1240.5.A357A361997305.42'0967—dc2197-6260  \nCIP  \nTO LUCE,  \nfor whom so many wonderfulwomen role models exist  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nList of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgments  \nIX  \nxiii  \n工  \nIntroductionGwendolyn Mikell  \nPart I.Legal Interactions in the Domestic Realm  \n1.Changing the Meaning of Marriage:Women and Family Lawin Côte d’IvoireJeanne Maddox Toungara  \n53  \n2.Wives,Children,and Intestate Succession in Ghana77Takyiwaa Manuh  \n3.Pleas for Domestic Relief:Akan Women and Family Courts96Gwendolyn Mikell  \nPart II.Economic Change,Political Economy,and Women's Lives  \n4.Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories127BettyJ.Harris  \n5.Alcohol and Politics in Urban Zambia:The Intersection ofGender and Class142Ilsa M.Glazer  \n6.Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali159Dolores Koenig  \nviii Contents  \n7.Ethiopian Rural Women and the State182Tsehai Berhane-Selassie  \n8.Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan,Côte d'Ivoire206Carlene H.Dei  \n9.Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making232Maria Nzomo  \n# Part III.Surviving Crisis in the Community\n\n10.“Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling”:Women'sNetworks and 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