Steel woman : heroics of the African woman & the pursuit of gender justice / Michael Buraimoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buraimoh, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amoke, Wasilat.

Women's rights--Nigeria.

Women's rights.

Women--Nigeria--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

ix, 215 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Diaspora Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"THE TRUE-LIFE STORY OF ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME THE PERILS OF PATRIARCHY, INTERWOVEN WITH A CRITICAL LOOK AT SOCIETY'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS WOMEN AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.Wasilat Amoke grew up in Nigeria in the 1950s at a time when the prevailing culture normalised misogyny and gender-based abuse. Poor attitudes towards women and girls consigned her to a life of severe hardship. Her hopes for escaping misery rested on her children, whom she raised within a society that stood aloof yet would have condemned her had she failed. Steel Woman serves as a powerful lens through which many of today's injustices are examined. It challenges the normalisation of female suffering and will hopefully inspire you to join the fight for gender justice"--Page [4] of cover.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781838469207

1838469206

OCLC:

1423335047