African women legends and the spirituality of resistance / edited by Musa W. Dube, Telesia K. Musili and Sylvia Owusu-Ansah.
Contributor(s): Dube Shomanah, Musa W [editor.]
| Musili, Telesia K [editor.] | Owusu-Ansah, Sylvia [editor.]
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TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: xx, 252 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032587271; 103258727X; 9781032608976; 1032608978Subject(s): Philosophy, African -- History | Feminist theology -- Africa | Women and religion -- AfricaLOC classification: B5321 | .A377 2024Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | B5321 .A377 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903614780 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Women-Centred Origins and Solidarity with Mother Earth -- " My Bones Shall Rise Again!": African Legendary Women and the Spirituality of Resistance / Musa W. Dube -- "Powerhouse of Feminism": Sitting with the Nine Daughters of Gīkūyū and Mūmbi at the Ecological and Gender Hearth / Mary Wanjiku Kihuha -- Wangari Maathai's Environmental Spirituality as Grounded in African Indigenous Community Wisdom / Fancy Cheronoh -- Part 2: Rain Queens, Wife God and Priestess of Southern Africa -- The Modjadji Rain-Queendom of South Africa: Women as Guardians of the Traditional Mantle / A. Lefatshe Moagi and Butholezwe Mtombeni -- Towards makewana eco-theology: Motherhood, wife god and rain priestess / Fulata Lusungu Moyo and Joyce Mlenga -- Isangoma and Wosana the Rain Priestess: women as vehicles to the sustainability of African Indigenous Religions / Senzokuhle Doreen Setume -- Part 3: Legendary Women and Political Rebellion -- Kimpa Vita: Revolutionary Prophetess and Martyr of the Kongo Kingdom / Maleke Marthe Kondemo -- Wallata Petros of Ethiopia: Wife, Mother and Freedom Fighter / Meklit Mitiku Mamunu -- Mbuya Nehanda: Priestess and Freedom Fighter of Zimbabwe / Molly Manyonganise -- Nwanyeruwa: leading the Nigerian women's war of 1929 / Martina I. Oguntoyinbo-atere -- Part 4: Sister Kings, Regent Queens and Queen Mothers -- Makhadzi: The Salient Venda Cornerstone of Indigenous Public Leadership / Yvonne Winfildah Takawira-Matwapa -- The Indomitable Queen Labotsibeni of Eswatini: Where Gender and Religion Meet in a Patriarchal Space / Sonene Nyawo -- Part 5: Founders of African Independent Churches -- Lenshina Alice Mulenga: The Spirit of Resistance and Liberation / Dorothy Tembo -- Mma Christinah Nku: Legendary spiritual woman / Linah Simimba Ndhlovu -- Mai Chaza//Matenga: A Legendary African Woman Leader in Zimbabwean Spirituality / Amos Muyambo and Joseph Muyangata -- Part 6: Legendary African Women Writers -- "We should all be feminists": A critical analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's African feminist resources for gender activism in Africa / Pauline Mateveke -- Redefining Liberating Motherhood in Leymah Gwobee's Mothering Leadership / Mairo Anthony
