Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa

Drawing from distinctly African source materials and methods, Achebe's groundbreaking historical account examines the shared power, influence, and authority that uniquely African, female-gendered entities-people, diviners, and deities-exert across Africa's interconnected physical and spiritual worlds.

About the author

Nwando Achebe, the Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History at Michigan State University, is the award-winning author of six books, including Farmers, Traders, Warriors, and Kings: Female Power and Authority in Northern Igboland, 1900-1960 and The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe.

Summary

Drawing from distinctly African source materials and methods, Achebe’s groundbreaking historical account examines the shared power, influence, and authority that uniquely African, female-gendered entities—people, diviners, and deities—exert across Africa’s interconnected physical and spiritual worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Nwando Achebe
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780821424070
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2407-0
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 109 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous