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Iii INIVE RSITY 3 = > = — 3 210 Women in Nigeria “Y Today Women in Nigeria Today Google These proceedings were prepared for publication by the Editorial Committee Women in Nigeria: S. Bappa J. Ibrahim A.M. Imam ¥.J.A. Kamara H. Mahdi M.A. Modibbo A.S. Mohammed H. Mohammed A.R. Mustapha N. Perchonock R.I. Pittin Editorial Consultant: D.L. Badejo Cover Concept: A.M. Imam H. Mohammed N. Perchonock R.I. Pittin Google Women in Nigeria Today @ Zed Books Ltd. Google Univ. Library, UC Santa Cruz 1996 Women in Nigeria Today was first published by Zed Books Ltd., 57 Caledonian Road, London N1 9BU, in 1985. Copyri©g WhINt, 1985. Cover designed by Andrew Corbett. Cover symbol by Tyrone Geter. Printed by The Bath Press, Avon. All rights reserved. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Women in Nigeria today. 1. Women — Nigeria — Social conditions I. Women in Nigeria 305.4°2°019669 HQISI5.5 ISBN 0-86232-447-5 ISBN 0-86232-448-3 Pbk US Distributor Biblio Distribution Center, 81 Adams Drive, Totowa, New Jersey 07512 Google Contents aa Introduction Acknowledgements 10 PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 13 Towards an Adequate Analysis of the Position of Women in Society Ayesha M. Imam 15 Problems of Theory and Practice in Women’s Liberation Movements Sule Bello 23 Rapporteur’s Report S.M. Bappa 28 Conceptual Framework and Methodology: Marxism and the Question of Women’s Liberation Edwin and Bene Madunagu 30 PART II: WOMEN IN NIGERIAN HISTORY 43 Women in Nigerian History: Examples from Borno Empire, Nupeland and Igboland Halima D. Mohammed 45 Women in Pre-capitalist Socio-economic Formations in Nigeria Gloria Thomas Emeagwali 52 Rapporteur’s Report Ahmed Modibbo 56 PART III: WOMEN IN PRODUCTION 59 Female Labour and Exploitation within African Social FormationAs. B. Zack- Williams 61 Women Under Development: Some Preliminary Remarks Caroline Knowles 68 Double Oppression: Women and Land Matters in Kaduna State Norma Perchonock 82 Female Urban Employment A. B. Zack- Williams 104 Rapporteur’s ReportA . Mohammed 114 Google PART IV: CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCES (1) 117 Women in Nigeria ’Molara Ogundipe-Leslie 119 Contemporary Positions and Experiences of Women Bene E. Madunagu 132 How Relevant is the Western Women’s Liberation Movement for Nigeria? Elizabeth Obadina 138 The Labour Market Implications of the Access of Women to Higher Education in Nigeria Rachel Uwa Agheyisi 143 Rapporteur’s Report Jibo Ibrahim 157 PART V: CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCES (2) 161 Marriage and Family Grace B. Aluko and Mary O. Alfa 163 Shugaba-ing Rawlings: An Appraisal of the Marriage Institution (A woman’s point of view) /feyinwa Iweriebor 174 Hausa Traditional Birth Practices and the Health of Mother and Child Mairo Alti-Muazu 178 The Role of Women’s Associations in Nigeria’s Development: Social Welfare Perspective Arlene Bene Enabulele 187 Rapporteur’s Report Renée Pittin and Norma Perchonock 195 PART VI: CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCES (3) 199 The Role of Women in Nigerian Society: The Media Thérése Nweke 201 Women in Electronic Media Hauwa Sani Dangogo 208 Nigerian Women in Politics: Problems and Prospects Bilkisu Yusuf 212 Some Notes on the Image of ‘‘Woman” in Some African Poems John Haynes 217 Rapporteur’s Report F.J.A. Kamara 226 PART VII: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? 229 Organizing for the Future Renée Pittin 231 On Combating Women’s Exploitation and Oppression in Nigeria A.R. Mustapha 241 Rapporteur’s Report Jibo Ibrahim 247 Notes on Contributors 248 Index 251 Google Tables Nigeria’s Population by Sex & Age Group, 1963 145 N Nigeria Labour Force Participation Rates by Sex, 1966-67 146 Y Distribution of Total Employees by Type of Employer as at April 1977 147 Employment in Selected Occupations, by Sex, April 1977 148 S Distribution of Teaching Staff by Discipline & Sex, April 1977 149 A N Distribution of Students by Sex 1972/73-1979/80 151 D A Distribution of Students by Sex 1976/77-1978/79 151 A Distribution of Undergraduate Students by Sex & P Faculty, 1972/73-1979/80 152 9. Distribution of Graduate Students by Sex & Faculty 1976/77-1978/79 153 10-13 Comparison of Time Allocation by Gender in Elite and Non-elite Families 10. Elite family (i) 168 11. Non-elite family (i) 169 12. Elite family (ii) 170 13. Non-elite family (ii) 172 Google Original from Digitized by Google UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Introduction Genesis of the Seminar The papers in this book comprise the proceedings of the first seminar on Women in Nigeria, held at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, on 27-28 May 1982. The initiative for the seminar arose from an on-going, somewhat acrimonious, debate among colleagues in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at ABU on the nature of women’s oppression. One side contended that women’s oppression was an aspect of, and subordinate to, the issue of class oppression. Once class oppression disappeared, women’s oppression would automatically be resolved. The other position held that oppression of women could not be reduced to class oppression, although the two forms of oppression interact to define the position of women in society. The struggle against women’s oppression should be conducted in alliance with the struggle against class oppression, but at the same time, the particular ways in which women were oppressed need to be recognized and dealt with in specific ways. As a result of this debate, and its important implications, it was decided to hold a seminar to discuss these issues more thoroughly and systematically. Participants came from all over Nigeria, and were drawn from teaching, the mass media, medical and other professions as well as students, housewives, and other interested individuals. One hundred and twenty participants registered, although actual attendance was much higher. Of this number, 75% were women, although men too made useful contributions. In fact, the positions taken on the various issues did not reflect sex lines — all sides of the argument had both men and women supporters. The seminar consisted of two days of intensive discussion; there were eight sessions, during which twenty-five papers were presented. Discussions continued informally between sessions, during meal breaks, and in the evenings, often lasting into the early hours of the morning. By the end of the seminar, participants agreed that they had spent an exhausting but exhilarating time. Google
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