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Contents Illustrations EKENE (Acknowledgments) NKWADO (Preparation) The Main Dance is Yet to Come and the Little Antelope is Dancing Herself Lame (Self-Locating and Research Methods) Chapter 1 When Questions Begin to be Asked, then Tales Begin to be Told (Introduction and Review of Literature) Chapter 2 Medicines and Goddesses, Priestesses and Prophetesses: Female Expressions within the Spiritual Realm Chapter 3 Farmers, Traders, Potters and Weavers: Nsukka Women as Economic Actors Chapter 4 Women in Community Politics: Colonialism and the Strategies of Female Resistance Chapter 5 ?Ochichi Gi Agafego Oke? (You are Governing Too Much!)?King Ahebi Ugbabe versus the Community: A Case Study of Female Clout, Excess and Conflict in Enugu-Ezike 303 MMECHI (Conclusion) If You Put Your Ear to the Ground, You will Hear the Drumbeats of Ghosts Appendix: Select Female Deities and Medicines in Nsukka Division Glossary Select Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women, Igbo -- History -- 20th century.
Women, Igbo -- Social conditions.
Igbo (African people) -- King and rulers.
Igbo (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Nsukka (Nigeria) -- History -- 20th century.
Nsukka (Nigeria) -- Politics and government.