Speak out, Black sisters : feminism and oppression in Black Africa / Awa Thiam ; translated by Dorothy S. Blair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiam, Awa, author.

Contributor:

Blair, Dorothy S., translator.

Pluto Press, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Parole aux négresses. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--Case studies.

Women.

Muslim women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--Case studies.

Muslim women.

Sex discrimination against women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Case studies.

Sex discrimination against women.

Feminism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Feminism.

Social conditions.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Muslim women--Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Case studies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 136 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Black sisters, speak out

Place of Publication:

London ; Dover, N.H. : Pluto Press, 1986.

Language Note:

Translation of: La parole aux négresses.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part 1. The voices of black women

Part 2. The trials and tribulations of the black African woman

1. Clitoridectomy and infibulation

2. Institutionalized polygamy

3. Sexual initiation

4. Skin whitening

Part 3. Feminism and revolution

Conclusion. What suggestions should we make to our black sisters?

Selected bibliography.

Notes:

Translation of: La parole aux négresses.

"This edition first published in 1986. Translation copyright ©1986 by Dorothy S. Blair"--verso of title page

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Thiam, Awa. Parole aux négresses. English. Speak out, Black sisters.

ISBN:

0745300502

9780745300504

OCLC:

20824297