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African Women and Social Justice

By: Judith Imel Van Allen
In: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Edited by: Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn G. Herr
Subject:Social Justice, Social Justice, Social Movements

Women across sub-Saharan Africa have a long history of social and political protest. Using precolonial forms of collective action, women protested colonial abuses against them and African men. They became activists as well as supporters for nationalist movements in the 1940s ...

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  Van Allen, J. (2007). African women and social justice. In G. L. Anderson, & K. G. Herr (Eds.), Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (Vol. 1, pp. 53-55). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n24
  
  Van Allen, Judith Imel. "African Women and Social Justice." In Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, edited by Anderson, Gary L., and Kathryn G. Herr, 53-55. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n24.
  
  Van Allen, J. 2007. African Women and Social Justice. In: Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr Editors, 2007. Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 53-55 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n24> [Accessed 16 Jun 2021].
  
  Van Allen, Judith Imel. "African Women and Social Justice." Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007, pp. 53-55. SAGE Knowledge. 16 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n24.
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