{"product_id":"9798216474579","title":"Daily Life of Women in Africa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDaily Life through History\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDaily Life of Women in Africa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eToyin Falola\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Africa \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, multi-layered portrait of African women's everyday lives-revealing how they negotiate power, create resilience, and build futures through ordinary acts of labor, care, and dissent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Hausa traders in Kano to queer activists in Johannesburg, this book explores how women across Africa from the aftermath of colonialism to today navigate power, survival, and joy in ways that defy simplistic labels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross thirteen chapters, Toyin Falola traces overlapping dimensions of life: kinship networks beyond the nuclear family, contested rites of passage, and the unpaid infrastructure of water and firewood. Readers encounter women reclaiming land through ritual, sustaining markets through tontine investment plans and WhatsApp savings groups, and negotiating identity through dress-from Ankara prints to secondhand \u003ci\u003emitumba\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also illuminates intellectual and political spheres: clandestine schooling under Boko Haram, indigenous councils of justice, and digital feminism challenging algorithmic silencing. Even joy becomes resistance, as women claim pleasure through dancefloors, Nollywood, and \u003ci\u003eamapiano \u003c\/i\u003ebeats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRejecting both pity-driven narratives and glossy myths of “super-resilience,” this work offers clarity without condescension and complexity without confusion. It shows that African women are not waiting for the future-they are building it now, through inventive, everyday acts that global frameworks often overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eToyin Falola\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and most recently the Kluge Chair of the Countries and Culture of the South at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, USA. A global icon in African American Studies, Falola has received twenty-eight honorary doctorates.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216474579\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62308164894860,"sku":"9798216474579","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a7877d79-5b20-421e-b7f9-27a73dbeb774.jpg?v=1791347524","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216474579","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}