Author: Agbasiere, Joseph Thérèse. (& Shirley Ardener).
Title: Women in Igbo Life and Thought. With a Biographical Note By Shirley Ardener.
Description: Routledge 2000. Printed wraps. 188pp illustrated 8vo. Ownership signature ffep else a Fine unread copy. ISBN: 9780415227049 A member of the Igbo tribe who became a nun, the author examines kinship practices, marriage customs, and women's responsibilities in the house and community, establishing the tremendous influence that Igbo women wield in public affairs. Igbo ideas about the universe, the person and spiritual considerations are also discussed and shown to be primarily centred around women.

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