Grace, Tenacity and Eloquence

The Struggle for Women’s Rights in Africa

Edited by Partrick Burnett, Shereen Karmali, Firoze Manji

The articles first appeared in the prize-winning weekly electronic newsletter, Pambazuka News. They provide students, activists and others with an easy-to-read introduction to the struggle for women’s rights in Africa. The traditional perception of African women is that they toil day and night amidst grinding poverty while facing harsh cultural, traditional and social prejudices. Yet while it is true that, like elsewhere in the world, African women are not yet equal to men, this is only… (more information)