This book breaks new ground in understanding how modern society has shaped women's knowledge system in Africa and deconstructs long-held myths about the position of ordinary women in the construction of knowledge.

Autorentext
ELINAMI VERAELI SWAI is an assistant professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Toledo, USA.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Introduction Understanding Dislocation: Concepts and Claims Women's Knowledge Systems: Toward Ambivalence and Silences Speaking through Fashion: Khanga as Women's Knowledge System Inside Society: The Role of Women's Knowledge Systems in Africa's Development The Genesis of Women Disempowerment: the Case of Kilimanjaro Knowledge is Power and Power is Knowledge: The Politics of Women's Empowerment Conclusion Bibliography