This timely and expansive multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary collection dissects precolonial, colonial, and post-independence issues of male dominance, power, and control over the female body in the legal, socio-cultural, and political contexts in Africa. Contributors focus on the historical, theoretical, and empirical narratives of intersecting perspectives of gender and patriarchy in at least ten countries across the major sub-regions of the African continent. In these well-researched chapters, authors provide a deeper understanding of patriarchy and gender inequality in identifying misogyny, resisting male supremacy, reforming discriminatory laws, embracing human-centered public policies, expanding academic scholarship on the continent, and more.

Contributions by: Charles Amone, Johanna Bond, Veronica Fynn Bruey, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, Valentina Fusari, Bernadette Malunga, Fatima Mandhu, Chick Loveline Ayoh Epse Ndi, L. Amede Obiora, Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Venkatanarayanan S., Cheikh A. Seye, Ellah TM Siang’andu