A new issue of JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies is out. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods in Southern Africa: Addressing the Challenges.

Articles in this issue:

The Interaction of Nationalist and Feminist Goals with Reference to the South African Liberation Movement, Catherine Ndinda, Centre for Housing Development and Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa and Korwa Adar, Africa Institute for South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

A Chief Called 'Woman': Historical Perspectives on the Changing Face of Bogosi (Chieftainship) in Botswana, 1834-2004, Yonah Matemba, Molepolole College of Education, Botswana

Keeping the Feminist War Real in Contemporary Kenya: The Case of Wambui Otieno, Wanjiru Kariuki, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Man and Woman, Slavery and Empire: "Reconstructing [Gender]" in "Plantation America", Greg Thomas, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

AIDS and Feminisms, Susan Pietrzyk, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, USA

Gender, HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods in Southern Africa: Addressing the Challenges, Gladys Mutangadura, United Nation Economic Commission on Africa-Southern Africa Office, Lusaka, Zambia

Mau Mau: Review Essay: Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority, and Narration, Eds. E. S. Atieno Odhiambo and John Lonsdale. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2003. Catherine Cymone Fourshey, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA

Review: Women and Land in Africa: Culture, Religion and Realizing Women's Rights. Ed. L. Muthoni Wanyeki. London: Zed Books Ltd., 2003. Mary Nyambura Muchiri, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, USA

Review: African Literature in Defence of History. Ekwe-Ekwe Herbert. Dakar, Senegal: African Renaissance, 2001. Ginette Curry, Florida International University, Miami, USA

Nigerian Woman Wins the MacArthur Genius Award

Gender and Politics: A Not-So-Simple Correlation, Oyeronke Oyewumi, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York, USA

Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson: A Tribute, Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome, Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York, USA

The Misinterpretation of African Thought and an Illegitimate Appeal to "African Culture" Adeolu Ademoyo, Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture, Binghamton Univeristy, New York, USA


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