'Without women, nothing can succeed': Yoruba women in the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), Nigeria

Africa

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-106

  Nolte, Insa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ROLE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 40749134904     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972008000065     Document Type: Article

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