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The purpose of Leith-Ross' work in this book is a study of the daily life of the I[g]bo women and their reactions to the changes brought about by contact with the European world. This fascinating study is appropriate for scholar and the simply interested alike; it lends an erudite and very insightful eyewitness account the lives of the I[g]bo women of the 20th century, written by a woman well-qualified to discuss the role of women in that period.
Sylvia Leith-Ross first came to Nigeria at the beginning of the 20th century as the bride of an British official, and there Nigeria became a part of her life. She was first a student of the Fulani language in the North, then she was part of the Education Department in the South, where Europeanized Africans of Lagos contrasted with the illiterate tribes of the interior.
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| Format: 138 x 216 mm
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| Binding: cloth
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| Pages: 371
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| ISBN: 0-7103-1226-1
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| Illustrations: Frontispiece, 2 fold-out maps
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| Subject:
Africa, Ibo Women,
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| Series / Library: Kegan Paul African Series
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