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Florence Abena Dolphyne. The Emancipation of Women: An African Perspective. Accra, Ghana: Ghana Universities Press, 1991. xv+107 pp. Bibliography. Index. $13.75/L7.50. Paper. (Distributed by African Books Collective, Ltd., Oxford.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Allison Drew*
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Review Essay and Book Reviews
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1993

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1. Massell, Gregory J.. The Surrogate Proletariat: Moslem Women and Revolutionary Strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929 (Princeton: Princeton University, 1974)Google Scholar provides comparative evidence of the difficulties of affecting rapid transformation of gender roles in developing societies.

2. Dareer, Asma El, Woman, Why do you Weep? Circumcision and its Consequences (London: Zed, 1982)Google Scholar. Walker's, Alice novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1992)Google Scholar explores the psychological effects of this practice.