Feminist Theory Website

Feminism in Benin

Benin

Feminists on
Other Sites:

Colette Senami Agossou Houeto

Other Feminists:

Adriane M. Djossou

      Bibliography

      Alpern, Stanley B. Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey. New York Univ. Press, 1998.

      Bay, Edna G. Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Univ. Press of Virginia, 1998.

      Houeto, Colette Senami Agossou. L'Aube sur les Cactus. INFRE, 1981.

      Huannou, Adrien. Anthologie de la littérature féminine d'Afrique noire francophone. Editions Bognini, 1994.

      Sargent, Carolyn Fishel. Maternity, Medicine, and Power: Reproductive Decisions in Urban Benin. (out of print).

      Filmography

      "Femmes aux yeux ouverts." Dir. by Anne-Laure Folly, 1994. [You can read about this film here.]

      "Laura the Taxi Driver." [You can read about this film here.]

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