SOAS History Blog Podcast 11: Poetic Knowledges and West African Histories [Live Recording Event]
The intersections of poetry and story, history and legend, guided by feminist understandings of West Africa today.
The intersections of poetry and story, history and legend, guided by feminist understandings of West Africa today.
by Amelia Storey Any exploration into West African history soon surfaces contradictions and blatant neglect when it comes to older, postmenopausal women. Colonial-era sources tend to overlook older women entirely, yet, even so, glimpses seep through of the esteemed female elder. The status of postmenopausal women, its origins, manifestations and development during the twentieth century…