Contemporary Gender and Sexuality in Africa, livre ebook

Africa has fostered a rich culture of gender and sexuality from which non-African societies can learn. Most African traditional sexual customs differ greatly from Western colonial thought, which prioritises an individualism that respects the individual's free will and way of life. Regardless of the existence of various images of Africa, globalisation and conflict have made it inevitable that African people today must respond to sudden changes in the political environment and norms due to the influx of new thoughts and ideas. From colonial tensions to the consequences of globalisation, women easily have to sacrifice their sexualities. Also, the reader can observe that the Japanese/African ethnographic surveys in this book are influenced by the researchers' personal backgrounds, including their religion, social class, and sexual orientation.

Part I. Changes and Potentials in Customary Marriage Systems and People's Responses in Traditional African Patriarchal Societies

1. Who Cares for an Illegitimate Child? Rethinking Kinship and Care Potential Based on Cases of Pregnancy in Unmarried Girls among the Maale of Ethiopia

2. Changes in the Traditional Social System of Polygyny: Kenya's Independence to the Present

3. Ageing and Care in Africa: A Case Study of Rural Women's Lives in Kenya

Part II: Women's Life Courses and Potentials: Experiences in Colonial Days, the War after Independence and the Present

4. Fashion of Co-Existence: Potentials of the Herero People's Clothing Behaviours in Namibia through Colonial Experiences and Daily Aesthetics

5. Comparative Study on Women Fighters in Africa's Liberation Struggles: The Experiences of South Africa and Ethiopia

Part III: Women's Sexuality and Violence

6. The Risk of Infertility in Women Infibulated in Childhood: Experiences of Pokot Women in East Africa

7. Enduring and Trading Trauma for Livelihood: Narratives of Female Survivors in Conflicts Over Transboundary Protected Areas in Uganda

8. Sexual Violence Experiences of Young Women Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army: Implications for Their Social Reintegration and Agency in Northern Uganda

Part IV: Identity of Gender/Sexuality and Socio-Political Movements among Young People

9. Negotiating Potentials on Their Foreheads: Emerging Issue of Scarification among Nuer Youth after the 2013 Violence in South Sudan

10. Ugandan Sexual Minorities in a Global Context: Potentials, Perceptions and Threats of Extermination

11. Forget-Me-Not