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Black Femalehood and the Principles of Existence in Practice conceptually frames the complex trajectory of Black femalehood, including contributions and triumphs, methods of resistance, and ways of coping, as well as the impacts of external forces on their physical and psychological wellness.
List of contents
Introduction: Warriors in Works and Words
1. An Overview: African Female Warriors and Their Legacy in The Americas
2. Female Warriors of the Haitian Revolution: Their Contemporary Descendants
3. Anna J. Cooper's Intellectual Activism: The Limitations of Production
4. Ida B. Wells: Lion-Hearted Combatant for the Humanity of African Americans
5. Louise Little and Afeni Shakur: Exemplars of Achievements, Individual Collapse and Collective Triumph
6. The Tasks of the Black Female Writer and Educator
Conclusion: "We Will Come Up Again": Black Femalehood and the Afro Future
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Kersuze Simeon-Jones is Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida. Her primary research and teaching interests include intellectual history and sociopolitical movements of the African diaspora, Haiti's national history, and Women's history within the African/ Black diaspora.
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Black Femalehood and the Principles of Existence in Practice conceptually frames the complex trajectory of Black femalehood, including contributions and triumphs, methods of resistance, and ways of coping, as well as the impacts of external forces on their physical and psychological wellness.
