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    Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary

    Whitehead, Ann, and Dzodzi Tsikata. 2003. “Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary.” Journal of Agrarian Change 3 (1-2): 67-112.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Clan, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Equality/Inequality, Land Tenure, Governance, Households, Political Economies, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa Keywords: customary law, land tenure reform, women's land interests, legal pluralism

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    Noise Over Camouflaged Polygamy, Colonial Morality Taxation, and a Woman-Naming Crisis in Belgian Africa

    Hunt, Nancy Rose. 1991. “Noise Over Camouflaged Polygamy, Colonial Morality Taxation, and a Woman-Naming Crisis in Belgian Africa.” The Journal of African History 32 (3): 471-94.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Governance, Livelihoods, Sexual Livelihoods, Political Economies, Political Participation, Sexual Violence, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Europe, Western Europe Countries: Belgium

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    Women, Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa

    Banda, Fareda. 2006. “Women, Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa.” Journal of Southern African Studies 32 (1): 13–27.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Gender-Based Violence, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equity, Governance, Constitutions, International Organizations, Rights, Human Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa

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    Domesticity and Colonialism in Belgian Africa: Usumbura’s Foyer Social, 1946-1960

    Hunt, Nancy Rose. 1990. “Domesticity and Colonialism in Belgian Africa: Usumbura’s Foyer Social, 1946-1960.” The Ideology of Mothering: Disruption and Reproduction of Patriarchy 15 (3): 447–74.

    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Women, Governance, Households, Livelihoods Regions: Africa

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    Constitutional Exclusion and Gender in Commonwealth Africa

    Bond, Johanna E. 2007. “Constitutional Exclusion and Gender in Commonwealth Africa.” Fordham International Law Journal 31 (2): 289-342.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Feminisms, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Governance, Constitutions, International Law, International Human Rights, Rights, Human Rights Regions: Africa

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    Gender and Land Reform: The Zimbabwe Experience

    Goebel, Allison. 2005. Gender and Land Reform: The Zimbabwe Experience. Montreal, Canada: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

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    Topics: Class, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Economies, Poverty, Gender, Women, Governance, Households, Livelihoods, Political Economies, Race, Rights, Land Rights, Property Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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    Land, Graves and Belonging: Land Reform and the Politics of Belonging in Newly Resettled Farms in Gutu, 2000–2009

    Mujere, Joseph. 2011. “Land, Graves and Belonging: Land Reform and the Politics of Belonging in Newly Resettled Farms in Gutu, 2000–2009.” Journal of Peasant Studies 38 (5): 1123–44. doi:10.1080/03066150.2011.634501.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Displacement & Migration, Governance, Rights, Land Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe

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    Talking About Feminism in Africa

    Salo, Elaine, and Amina Mama. 2001. "Talking About Feminism in Africa."  Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity 16 (50): 58-63.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Class, Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Democracy / Democratization, Development, Displacement & Migration, Migration, Forced Migration, Refugees, Economies, Ethnicity, Feminisms, Gender, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Gender Hierarchies, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, Globalization, Governance, Post-Conflict Governance, Political Economies, Political Participation Regions: Africa

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    Cutting across Imperial Feminisms toward Transnational Feminist Solidarities

    Deb, Basuli. 2016. “Cutting across Imperial Feminisms toward Transnational Feminist Solidarities.” Meridians 13 (2): 164–88. doi: 10.2979/meridians.13.2.09.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Governance, Race, Religion Regions: Africa, MENA, North Africa, Asia, Middle East Countries: Egypt Keywords: feminism, race, transnationalism

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    Historical Perspectives on Industrial Development, Mining, and Prostitution

    Laite, Julia Ann. 2009. “Historical Perspectives on Industrial Development, Mining, and Prostitution.” The Historical Journal 52 (3): 739–61.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Governance, Livelihoods, Sexual Livelihoods, Multi-National Corporations Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Americas, North America, South America Countries: Canada, Chile, Kenya, South Africa, United States of America

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