Since the decolonization of the African continent that began in earnest in the late 1950s, the trajectory of the continent’s socioeconomic change and development has seen its fair share of contentious politics. Such contentions range from benign forms of electoral...

This collection focuses on the role of gender in African social spaces. It is noteworthy that, at one time or another in the past, many societies were essentially patriarchal in nature. The dynamic of women’s empowerment is thus a pertinent...