"This book is based on selected papers presented at the 2010 Annual Africa History Conference held at the University of Texas at Austin between March 26 and 28"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-344) and index.

African women at the receiving end / Segun Ogungbemi -- Yoruba understanding of authentic motherhood / Balogun Abiodun Oladele -- Girl trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria / Sotunsa Mobolanle Ebunoluwa -- History, memory and imagination: Na Agontimé, a Dahomean queen in Brazil / Ana Lucia Araujo -- The image of God and image of women in Africa: African feminist liberation theology / Thomson Temitope Bello -- Religion, globalization and sexuality / Oludele Adesina Moyofade -- Protest against matchmaking: the example of Zulu Sofola's Song of a maiden / Okey Okwechime and Kola Eke -- Changing urban identities: Buchi Emecheta's Gwendolen and the joys of motherhood / Gretchen Kellough -- Feminism and the colonial subject in Ama Ata Aidoo's Our sister killjoy / Carrza L DuBose -- Media and (mis) representation of women in political leadership positions in Kenya / Joyce N. Omwoha -- Culture shock: psychological turmoil and the struggle for identity in Dangarembga's nervous conditions / Treena Balds -- A lexico-syntactic study of gender protest in selected works of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo / Temitope Abiodun Balogun -- A tribute to Modupeolu Faseke's "The Nigerian woman" / Nnamdi O. Madichie -- Nigerian pamphlet literature revisited: prurient fantasy or failed Nigerian erotica? / Ernest N. Emenyonu -- Neo-slavery and human trafficking in Boutora-Takpa's Journal d'une bonne / Ngozi O. Iloh -- Education and entrepreneurial characteristics of female academics in a Nigerian university: implication for retirement planning / Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi -- A second chance: an experiment in providing education for domestic girls in southwestern Nigeria / Obilade Oluyemisi Oluremi and Gbenga-Akinbiola Abosede Oluranti -- Combating emotional slavery: educating female polytechnic students on the dangers of cohabitation / Gbenga-Akibola Abosede Oluranti and Badekale Mojisola -- Empowering rural women through theater: the case of selected communities in lagos / Tunji Azeez -- Tutoring children of immigrants in a multicultural context: a case study / Esther Some-Guiebre -- Gender dimension of household solid waste management: a comparative study of two cities in southwestern Nigeria / E.O. Oloruntoba, A.O. Coker, A.O. Olowookere, and M.K.C. Sridhar -- Gender and higher education in Africa / Janet Nasambu Kassilly Barasa -- Nigerian women in politics: a study of the role of women in President Obasanjo's administration, 1999-2003 / Lewu Alaba Yetunde.