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Queens, Queen Mothers, Priestesses and Power: Cases Studies in African Gender (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) (edit title)

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A collection of 18 case studies of women in power in Africa. It focuses on the political and ritual roles of royal and elite women who are gathered together by tradition, choice and circumstance, and who, as a result, achieve and exercise power, and acquire and exert influence in the public... read more

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