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Author : Michael C. Kirwen
Release : 1979
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis African Widows by : Michael C. Kirwen
Download or read book African Widows written by Michael C. Kirwen. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Betty Potash
Release : 1986-02-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Widows in African Societies by : Betty Potash
Download or read book Widows in African Societies written by Betty Potash. This book was released on 1986-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although widows constitute a quarter of the adult female population in many African societies, they have not been the focus of detailed, cross-cultural research. This is the first comparative anthropological study of widowhood in Africa, comprising ten case studies that cover a broad spectrum of societies in different parts of the continent. This volume shows clearly that widows are not passive objects of male transactions; they have interests and options, and make choices affecting their own lives. Ties to children, access to productive sources, and rights to housing are shown to have particular importance for widows' residential and marital decisions. This book provides a needed corrective both to the male perspective on kinship and to women's studies that deal almost exclusively with the adult married woman. In contrast to the traditional anthropological emphasis on widow remarriage and the functions such marriages have for the maintenance of marriage alliances, these papers deal with the women themselves and the quality of their lives. The introduction surveys the literature, examines the factors affecting the widows' strategies, and shows how accepted anthropological concepts of marriage, affinity, and community look different when considered from the perspective of widows. There is a foreword by Mariam K. Slater.
Author : Margaret Owen
Release : 1996-09
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis A World of Widows by : Margaret Owen
Download or read book A World of Widows written by Margaret Owen. This book was released on 1996-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World of Widows provides a global overview of the status for widowhood. Neglected by social policy researches, international human rights activists and the women's movement, the status of the world's widows - legal, social, cultural, and economic - is an urgent issue given the extent and the severity of the discrimination against them. Margaret Own explores the process of becoming a widow; poverty and social security in the context of widowhood; differing laws and customs regarding widow's inheritance; the situation of widows who remarry and issues of sexuality and health. She also looks at the needs of specific groups of widows - refugees, older widows, child widows - and widowhood in the context of AIDS. Throughout, she shows the prevalence of discrimination against widows in inheritance rights, land ownership, custody of children, security of home and shelter, nutrition and health. The book concludes with a summary of widowhood as a human rights issues and an overview of widows themselves organising for change.
Author : Pat Uloaku Okoye
Release : 1995
Genre : Africa
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Book Synopsis Widowhood by : Pat Uloaku Okoye
Download or read book Widowhood written by Pat Uloaku Okoye. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tabitha Manyinyire
Release : 2018-07-02
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis An African Widow’S Journey by : Tabitha Manyinyire
Download or read book An African Widow’S Journey written by Tabitha Manyinyire. This book was released on 2018-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was inspired by real-life events experienced by one young widow from Southern Africa, who at the age of thirty lost her husband. She felt as though she had been abandoned by the wayside holding three young children. She had no tangible support from the family she was married into. As she traversed through this lonesome, slippery journey, she encountered a myriad of storms that forced her to totally surrender everything, including herself and her children, to the Lord. Through this simple act of giving up and submitting all her circumstances to the Lord, she was granted wisdomwisdom with which to handle the grim challenges and storms that confronted her. From the very onset she soon learnt that the relentless hate and hurtful situations that she faced were to be responded to with heartfelt forgiveness, love, and humility. The Lord also provided this widow with a measure of faith much bigger than the size of a mustard seed. She did not just see mountains being moved; storms were conquered and oceans were opened for her and her children to go through. She and her sons were raised from the bottom of the lowest dump heap and raised to levels that she could have hardly even ever dreamt or imagined possible. An African Widows Journey drives home the message, Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Ps. 30:5).
