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African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions,

This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shaped—an

Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the ro