2015
DOI: 10.1017/hia.2015.16
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Engendering West Central African History: The Role of Urban Women in Benguela in the Nineteenth Century

Abstract: This study stresses the role of common women in the history of Benguela in the nineteenth century. I emphasize the importance of parish records to unveil sectors of the society that tend to be invisible in the history of Angola, such as farmers, poor women who acted as vendors in the urban centers, and particularly, enslaved women. While some attention has been paid to merchant women, the so-called donas , and on political leaders, particularly Queen Nzinga, the same cannot be said about the poor and the ensla… Show more

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