https://archive.org/details/african-women

African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence by Christine Obbo

Topics
#immigration, #emigration, #EastAfrica, #womeninAfrica, #misogynoir, #Uganda, #Kenya, #Kampala, #urbanization, #gender, #anthropology, #Africananthropology, #anthropologyofAfrica, #capitalism, #neocolonialism, #imperialism

"African Women is a study of the everyday struggles of women in East Africa to support themselves economically. The aim of these women is clear – to be more independent of men. One consequence of this has been their migration from traditional village society to the apparently less restrictive life of the city. Chistine Obbo’s book grew out of her research in Uganda and Kenya during the 1970’s. It portrays the attitudes of ordinary women – both villagers and those living in the cities – to their relationships with men. It presents a detailed picture of the multitude of ways in which these women earn their own living. And it shows the new more independent forms of relationships with men – as well as solidarity with other women – that they have built up."