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Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought) - Softcover

Herbert, Eugenia W.

 
9780253208330: Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies (African Systems of Thought)

Synopsis

Explores the startling analogy between metallurgy and human reproduction as expressed in African beliefs about processes of transformation, gender, and power.

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About the Author

EUGENIA W. HERBERT is E. Nevius Rodman Professor of African History at Mount Holyoke College and author of Red Gold of Africa: Copper in Precolonial History and Culture.

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