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Stepping Forward: Black Women in Africa and the Americas

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A unique and essential study, Stepping Forward examines the experiences of nineteenth- and twentieth-century black women in Africa and African diaspora communities from plenty of perspectives in numerous different settings.

This wide-ranging collection designed for classroom use explores the broad themes that experience shaped black women’s goals, options, and responses: religion, education, political activism, migration, and cultural transformation. Essays by leading scholars within the field examine the lives of black women in the US and the Caribbean Basin; within the white settler societies of Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; and within the black settler societies of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

A few of the contributors to this volume are historians, political scientists, and scholars of literature, music, and law. What emerges from their work is an image of black women’s agency, self-reliance, and resiliency. In spite of cultural differences and geographical variations, black women have provided foundations on which black communities have not only survived, but additionally thrived. Stepping Forward is a valuable addition to our working out of women’s roles in these diverse communities.
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