Tale of an African woman / Thomas Jing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jing, Thomas.

Series:

African Studies Centre research series.

Langaa & African Studies Centre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Africa--Fiction.

Women.

Cameroonian fiction (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The village of Yakiri has been cursed by ancestral wrath because of the treatment of Yaa, the first girl who wrestled her male goatherd peers to earn the right to be initiated into the society of manhood. Her struggle is taken up generations later by Yaya, the granddaughter of Tafan and Wirba. Orphaned like her forebear, Yaya becomes a star student in the village's primary school and promises to go far. But, ask the villagers, is it right to invest in an education for an African girl who may become the property of another village? An educated woman will abandon the farm where she is needed, we

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty One; Chapter Twenty Two; Chapter Twenty Three; Chapter Twenty Four; Chapter Twenty Five; Chapter Twenty Six; Chapter Twenty Seven; Chapter Twenty Eight; Chapter Twenty Nine; Chapter Thirty; Chapter Thirty One; Chapter Thirty Two

Chapter Thirty Three Chapter Thirty Four; Chapter Thirty Five; Chapter Thirty Six; Chapter Thirty Seven; Chapter Thirty Eight; Chapter Thirty Nine; Chapter Forty; Chapter Forty One; Chapter Forty Two; Chapter Forty Three; Chapter Forty Four; Chapter Forty Five; Chapter Fourth Six; Chapter Forty Seven; Chapter Forty Eight; Chapter Forty Nine; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613198310

9781283198318

1283198312

9789956716449

9956716448

9789956716562

9956716561

9789956615612

9956615617

OCLC:

830165880