Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass
Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass Lorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings ofmotherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far morecomplicated than previously thought. While in K tu, B nin, Semley discovered thatwomen were treasurers, advisors, ritual specialists, and colonial agents in additionto their more familiar roles as queens, wives, and sisters. These women with specialinfluence made it difficult for the French and others to enforce an ideal ofsubordinate women. As she traces how women gained prominence, Semley makes clear whypowerful mother figures still exist in the symbols and rituals of everydaypractices.
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