Women and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : : Power, Opportunities, and Constraints / / ed. by Marianne Bloch, B. Robert Tabachnick, Josephine A. Beoku-Betts.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M.,; Beoku-Betts, Josephine A.,; Bloch, Marianne,; Brenner, Mary B.,; Csete, Joanne,; Day, Lynda R.,; Diven, Polly,; Gordon, Adele,; Graven, Mellony,; Hollos, Marida,; Lee, Valerie E.,; Lockheed, Marlaine E.,; Mbilinyi, Marjorie,; Moshi, Lioba,; Nkwe, Doris,; Soumare, Aminata Maiga,; Stambach, Amy,; Stromquist, Nelly,; Tabachnick, B. Robert,; Vavrus, Frances,
• HerausgeberIn: Beoku-Betts, Josephine A.,; Bloch, Marianne,; Tabachnick, B. Robert ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Foreword --; Preface --; 1 Gender and Educational Research, Policy, and Practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and Empirical Problems and Prospects --; 2 Agents in Women's Education: Some Trends in the African Context --; PART 1 Nonformal Education --; 3 Rites and Reason: Precolonial Education and Its Relevance to the Current Production and Transmission of Knowledge --; 4 Beyond the Three Food Groups: Nutrition Education for Women in Africa --; 5 Women and Nonformal Education in West Africa: Policy and Practice --; PART 2 Formal Education --; 6 Inside Classrooms in Guinea: Girls' Experiences --; 7 Gender and Classroom Interactions in Liberia --; 8 Gender and Formal Education in Africa: An Exploration of the Opportunity Structure at the Secondary and Tertiary Levels --; 9 "Education Is My Husband": Marriage, Gender, and Reproduction in Northern Tanzania --; 10 Single-Sex Schooling and Its Effects on Nigerian Adolescents --; PART 3 Politics, Economics, and Education --; 11 Gender and Education in Rural South Africa --; 12 The Status of Women in Southern Nigeria: Is Education a Help or a Hindrance? --; 13 Searching for Utopia: The Politics of Gender and Education in Tanzania --; PART 4 Epilogue --; 14 Using the Past to Fashion an Expanding Future --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685859176; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685859176
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marianne Bloch, B. Robert Tabachnick, Josephine A. Beoku-Betts.

The authors examine issues related to gender and education in sub-Saharan Africa, considering in particular the impact formal and nonformal education have had on African women.