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Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by baby124: 1:25am On Dec 31, 2014 |
cococandy:It is only convenient for the men. Humans are greedy. If I was a man I will take advantage too. See the benefits they are reaping. I mean can you imagine a Queen Amina leading wars today See what religion has caused. They are even brainwashing people to blow themselves up. Young girls with bright future. Repression is a very dangerous thing. 1 Like |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:18am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Busybody2: Hahaha busybody is this not like your 1000th reincarnation? Yes o summary. No be me write the articles now, you know if it were me it won't pass 5 lines. So continue to learn under my tutelage. Anyway Happy new year. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:33am On Dec 31, 2014 |
damiso: Yup I'm Stillwater! Still waters indeed run deeeeep. Someone once accused me of being another moniker called Toothpaste, rotflmao . And I'm thinking I will go from a classic name like stillwater to toothpaste? lol. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:47am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Nonso23: At this rate I don't mind going back just to deal with the avalanche of terrible husbands we have in the society today. On purest form, I don't even think we can describe Igbo tradition for example in terms of pure, because Igbo tradition itself is not stagnant, it evolves according to the times. When the Igbo feels something has become irrelevant or redundant, they move on. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:52am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Nonso23: I remember reading somewhere on a particular group of women that why they were not adverse to polygamy was that it allowed them (women) to pursue their careers while there was someone to take care of the home. I can't seem it find the piece at the moment, if I do I'll post it. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by cococandy(f): 4:54am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Stillfire: Very true. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 6:53am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 7:04am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 8:35am On Dec 31, 2014 |
pickabeau1: Hmmmmmm |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Misogynist2014(m): 8:59am On Dec 31, 2014 |
baby124:I still vehemently reject that women were neglected and religated to the background in OT & NT. You said because christianity does not worship women as gods(ELOHIM JESUS AND HOLYSPIRIT ARE NOT MEN, RATHER WE WERE CREATED IN THEIR IMAGE) we are sexist. We have Hannah, Racheal, Ruth, Sarah, Mariam, so many of them. Women also are many in the NT, get one and read but two were most important. 1) The adultrous woman, whom Jesus saved from being killed, a situation still punished by death or severe beating in Arab till today. With these scene alone, JESUS(peace and glory be unto HIM) fought for the better treatment of women, a thing islam can't tolerate. The second being the woman by the pond, who chatted like mates with Christ, even while reading, you could feel how happy the woman was that she even forgot about the primary reason she was there. Even his disciples who were at that time novice marveled Not to talk about St. Paul(peace be unto him) who encouraged monogamy and also encouraged men to have unconditional love for their family(even to laying his life for his wife.) As for Yoruba and their percieved view of women, I will rather tag it as equity(equal treatment.) It doesn't take a rational mind to know that men are better viewed in the society. In fact I've watched movies that somehow with the Yoruba wisdom of speech brushed women aside. We all know equality today in the west is a disaster, women would have moved further if they fought for equity. Nevertheless, I would not claim that your points are logical, because until I knew about feminism, I never really thought about the differences btw men and women, though I knew it existed, the society must have been favourable to bridge this gap. I think you sound more like a traditional lady, who respects traditional roles and still thinks women should have better roles like their mothers had before thd coming of west(not christianity), this view I welcome. Pardon if mistakes exist cos I've got no time to edit. 1 Like |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 2:20pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Nonso23: I could only find a wikipedia link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Nigeria For example, a feminist meeting in Ibadan came out against polygamy and then was soundly criticized by market women, who said they supported the practice because it allowed them to pursue their trading activities and have the household looked after at the same time. Research in the north indicated that many women opposed the practice, and tried to keep bearing children to stave off a second wife's entry into the household. Although women's status would undoubtedly rise, for the foreseeable future Nigerian women lacked the opportunities of men. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 3:00pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 8:08pm On Dec 31, 2014 |
moca:It's not necessarily a bad thing that today's women aren't at the very top of their respective industries or firms, it is natural that things be so. When you factor in things like maternity leave amongst other factors, you begin to get the idea. Remember also, that in the "olden days" women had more flexible money-earning ventures. They didn't really need anyone to promote them at their market stalls or cloth-weaving canopies. They simply went about their business at their own pace, and once they were strong enough, they really got at it. Like Nonso23 said, we should define what we want as a society ourselves borrowing from our own rich history. All societies evolve, ours and the oyinbos'. The problem is we have left our own development and are foolishly copying what is apparently failing for them. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:20pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
This is for the buy red pants and bra crew when a husband is obviously maltreating his wife... http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/amcdouga/Hist247/winter%202010/additional%20rdgs/sitting_on_man.pdf "Sitting on a man" or a woman, boycotts and strikes were the women's main weapons. To "sit on" or "make war on" a man involved gathering at his compound, sometimes late at night, dancing, singing scurrilous songs which detailed the women's grievances against him and often called his manhood into question, banging on his hut with the pestles women used for pounding yams, and perhaps demolishing his hut or plastering it with mud and roughing him up a bit. A man might be sanctioned in this way for mistreating his wife, for violating the women's market rules, or for letting his cows eat the women's crops. The women would stay at his hut throughout the day, and late into the night, if necessary, until he repented and promised to mend his ways.24 Although this could hardly have been a pleasant experience for the offending man, it was considered legitimate and no man would consider intervening. In tackling men as a group, women used boycotts and strikes. Harris describes a case in which, after repeated requests by the women for the paths to the market to be cleared (a male responsibility), all the women refused to cook for their husbands until the request was carried out.25 For this boycott to be effective, all women had to cooperate so that men could not go and eat with their brothers. Another time the men of a village decided that the women should stop trading at the more distant markets from which they did not return until late at night because the men feared that the women were having sexual relations with men in those towns. The women, however, refused to comply since opportunity to buy in one market and sell in another was basic to profit-making. Threats of collective retaliation were enough to make the men capitulate. |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:24pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/amcdouga/Hist247/winter%202010/additional%20rdgs/sitting_on_man.pdf A woman could also bring complaints about her husband to the mikiri. If most of the women agreed that the husband was at fault, they would collectively support her. They might send spokeswomen to tell the husband to apologize and to give her a present, and, if he was recalcitrant they might "sit on" him. They might also act to protect a right of wives. Harris describes a case of women's solidarity to maintain sexual freedom: The men... were very angry because their wives were openly having relations with their lovers. The men... met and passed a law to the effect that every woman... should renounce her lover and present a goat to her husband as a token of repentance... The women held... secret meetings and, a few mornings later, they went to a neighboring [village], leaving all but suckling children behind them... [The men] endured it for a day and a half and then they went to the women and begged their return... [T]he men gave [the women] one goat and apologized informally and formally.27 Thus through mikiri women acted to force a resolution of their individual and collective grievances. Lord have mercy, these women were gangsters o! No wonder African men readily accepted the colonialists way. 3 Likes |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by bukatyne(f): 4:28pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
Stillfire: How did we go from This to red bra and black pants? |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 4:30pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
Stillfire: What?! You mean these women weren't submissive?! |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 4:33pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
Stillfire: Choi!! |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 4:38pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
bukatyne: ileobatojo: Buhahaha, submission is a religious construct. The colonialists changed our curricula and the men ran along with it. From the opening article: The curricula emphasised religious instruction and clerica! skills for boys and domestic science for girls. Technological and scientific based education was not encouraged. The curricula for girls enabled them to become good housewives, rather than income earners. Notice the words domestic science, so apparently the African woman was not domesticated aka submissive to be housewives. 1 Like |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 4:43pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
bukatyne:MarvelousGod |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Nobody: 4:44pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
Stillfire:That madam is really funny and her mode of typing is... |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by cococandy(f): 7:16pm On Jan 03, 2015 |
Yea but some guys these days and the head and neck crew would rather convince young girls that it is african culture when in fact it is not. Truth is no one can actually define african culture when Nigeria alone has a thousand different practices. Stillfire: |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by Stillfire: 11:59am On Jun 23, 2015 |
Nonso23: I would like to move this conversation to this thread. I can't believe you wrote that (especially coming from an Igbo man) knowing about the historical emphasis of colonialism and what it did to female political structures in Africa. Reading ardently on Igbo women history, it is sufficient to say that the woman did not allow the activities of the man to define what is important to society or not. In fact more often than not the women consciously renegaded by instigating boycotts, and riots against policies they were not in agreement with. About the lack of confidence of today's girls where it came from... This thread is sufficient enough to highlight how the British purposely restricted business, science courses for males only, prioritizing home economics for females and using Christianity to dampen the spirit of African womanhood, same way they use Christianity to the black slaves to make sure they were subservient to their masters, since Europeans were coming from cultures women were regarded as minors or legal non-beings. cc Radoillo ChinenyeN Odumchi 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by angela992: 6:50am On Sep 28, 2017 |
Community Development in Nigeria: Impact of Women. A Study of Onicha Local Government Area The role of women in community development had been a controversial issue over the year. Nduekwe (2005) stated that with fewer people living in poverty and greater levels of food security can be achieved only through realizing the goal of empowering women. http://www.scharticles.com/community-development-in-nigeria-impact-of-women/ |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by handsespen: 12:00pm On Dec 04, 2017 |
The Role of Rural Women Farmers on the Economic Development of Ondo State the role of women considered covers their activities in crop, fishery and live stock section of the economy as well as those of processing and distribution. According to the economic commission for Africa (ECA, 1976 and 1977) 60%-80% of the labour in the African agriculture is provided by women... http://www.scharticles.com/the-role-of-rural-women-farmers-on-the-economic-development-of-ondo-state/ |
Re: Women In The Development Of Nigeria Since Pre-colonial Times by nnamhenry111: 10:02pm On Sep 21, 2019 |
Role of Women Structures in Community Development (A Study of Eha-Alumona in Nsukka Local Government Area) This research will be of significance to the women organizations and other similar organizations in the community, local governments, state and beyond. http://www.scharticles.com/role-of-women-structures-in-community-development-2/ |
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