African women : A study of the Ibo of Nigeria

This book, spurred by a desire for an accurate documentation and understanding of the Aba Riots (Igbo women rising against the alleged intent to tax women), explores the role of women in four Igbo towns -- Nneato, Nguru, Owerri Town and Port Harcourt. Women's place in the economic life of their community is examined, as well as mortality, marriage, homes, birth, widowhood, religion and missions, education, labor opportunities, and the influence of Western culture. These towns were selected because each has been impacted differently by Western culture and because they illustrate the rural-urban continuum. It should be noted that the exact geographical movement of the Aba Riots is difficult to discern from the maps provided. Further, in this source all of Owerri Province has been treated as being inhabited by Southern Igbo. Towns not locatable from Igbo land maps have been treated as Southern Igbo (i.e., Ubaha, Eekuku, Emi, Iyi Emu).

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