Puberty

Marriage

Fertility

Role of the Mother

Menopause

Sources

African Art Homepage

Sources

Texts

Amadiume, Ifi.  Re-Inventing Africa: Matriarchy, religion and culture.  New York: Zed Books, 1997.

Coquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine.  African Women: A Modern History.  Colorado: Westview Press, 1997.

Diop, Cheikh Anta.  The Cultural Unity of Black Africa.  Chicago: Third World Press, 1963.

Levy, Patricia.  Cultures of the World: Ghana.  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1999.

Lyons, Andrew & Lyons.  Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality.  Illinois: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.

Meyer, Laure.  Art and Craft in Africa: Everyday Life, Ritual, Court Art.  Paris: Finest S.A./Editions Pierre Terrail, 1994.

Nasta, Susheila.  Motherlands: Black Women's Writing from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia.  New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

Preston Blier, Suzanne.  The Royal Arts of Africa: The Majesty of Form.  New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.

Sheehan, Patricia.  Cultures of the World: Côte d'Ivoire.  New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1999.

Thompson Drewal, Margaret. Yoruba Ritual.  Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992.

Wassing, R.S.  African Art: Its Background and Traditions.  New York: Portland House, 1988.

Willet, Frank.  African Art.  New York:  Thames & Hudson, 1971.

Website

CBS News.  "Africa Faces AIDS Orphan Crisis."  November 26, 2003. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/26/health/main585670.shtml