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When Hens Begin to Crow: Gender and Parliamentary Politics in Uganda by Sylvia Tamale

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":" Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been for gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}"> Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been on gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure.

Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass: Gender and Colonialism in a Yoruba Town by Lorelle D. Semley

Lorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings of motherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far more complicated than previously thought.

Selling Sex in Kenya: Gendered Agency Under Neoliberalism by Eglė Česnulytė

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"As Kenyan women traditionally have fewer formal employment opportunities, often occupying lower-paid jobs in the informal sector, the experiences of women who earn money in unorthodox ways can offer revealing insights into the agency of women and its limits. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">As Kenyan women traditionally have fewer formal employment opportunities, often occupying lower-paid jobs in the informal sector, the experiences of women who earn money in unorthodox ways can offer revealing insights into the agency of women and its limits.

No Party Democracy in Uganda: Myths and Realities by Justus Mugaju and J. Oloka-Onyango (Copy)

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The book examines the case for and against multipartyism, the justification for no-party democracy as well as its myths and realities, and the wider ideological implications of movement politics in the Great Lakes region. They also explore the possibilities of bridging the gap between movementists and multipartyists in order to adopt a political system based on the widest consensus possible among the people in Uganda."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":14849,"3":{"1":0},"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":1579032},"15":"Arial","16":10}">The book examines the case for and against multipartyism, the justification for no-party democracy as well as its myths and realities, and the wider ideological implications of movement politics in the Great Lakes region. They also explore the possibilities of bridging the gap between movementists and multipartyists in order to adopt a political system based on the widest consensus possible among the people in Uganda.

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison--the only one she ever wrote--about race and the relationships that shape us through life, with an introduction by Zadie Smith."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison--the only one she ever wrote--about race and the relationships that shape us through life, with an introduction by Zadie Smith.

In Idi Amin’s Shadow: Women, Gender, and Militarism in Uganda by Alicia C. Decker

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"In Idi Amin’s Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women’s complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin’s military state."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"12":0}">In Idi Amin’s Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women’s complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin’s military state.

The Dictator Awakened by Obed

The poems herein are hurting, bleeding, and crying...mourning the demise of a nation. Underneath the wordings, the poet tells a tale of a country whose dictatorship has surpassed human imagination. Tales of torture, daylight massacres, detentions, and grim poverty, among others.

The Arden Edition of Hamlet

This book presents an authoritative, modernized text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since the first publication of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy

Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures by Nina Alexander

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The book provides a feminist anaylsis of the questions of sexual and gender politics, economic and cultural marginality, and anti-racist and anti-colonial practices both in the West and in the Third World. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">The book provides a feminist analysis of the questions of sexual and gender politics, economic and cultural marginality, and anti-racist and anti-colonial practices both in the West and in the Third World.

Politics of the Womb: Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya by Lynn M. Thomas

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"In more than a metaphorical sense, the womb has proven to be an important site of political struggle in and about Africa. By examining the political significance—and complex ramifications—of reproductive controversies in twentieth-century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth, and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">In more than a metaphorical sense, the womb has proven to be an important site of political struggle in and about Africa. By examining the political significance—and complex ramifications—of reproductive controversies in twentieth-century Kenya, this book explores why and how control of female initiation, abortion, childbirth, and premarital pregnancy have been crucial to the exercise of colonial and postcolonial power.

Environmental Governance and Climate Change in Africa, Legal Perspectives by Louis J. Kotzé and Rose Mwebaza

This monograph examines the legal perspective relevant to the effects of climate change with a focus on remedies that can be used to enforce policy decisions.

Gender and the Media by Rosalind Gill

Written in a clear and accessible style, with lots of examples from Anglo-American media, Gender and the Media offers a critical introduction to the study of gender in the media, and an up-to-date assessment of the key issues and debates.