WAAD-volume9

Edith E. Freeman African-American Women and the Concept of Cultural Competence	5
Tina Gaskin-Maynard Africa-consciousness and Psychological Impact of African-American Women on Contemporary Women	19
Shirley M. Geiger Low-Income Black Single Mothers and Federal Housing Policy in the United States: The Influences of Ideology, Gender, Poverty, and Race	31
C. N. Ifionu and E. A. Ogbonna-Ohuche Dehumanizing Women through Language: The African Experience	49
Chijioke Iheme The Issue of "Weaker Sex" as a Barrier against Women's Development	61
Lisa A. Lindsay Brazilian Women in Lagos, 1879-1882	73
Protus O. Kemdirim The Traditional and Christian Backgroundto Women's Participation in Evangelization: Implications for Church Growth in Africa Today	85
Esilokun Kinni-Olusanyin The Prominence of Women in Yoruba and Fon Religions and Associated Arts	101
Maureen Malowany Representations of African Women in the Historical Literature of Nigeria (1890-1990)	113
Nosuma Ndaba How Zulu Culture Subjugates Women	129
Bene Nnabugwu-Otesanya The Changing Role of Women: Its Implications for the Society	141
E. Nzewi Women Emancipation and Trends in Female Criminality in Nigeria	149
Marcellina U. Offoha The Nigerian Family in the United States	161
Ngozi Ojiakor African Women in Search of Identity: An Historical Perspective	177
Nnenna Oke Women and the Process of Self Actualization	189
Christiana E. E. Okojie Widowhood Practices and Sociocultural Restrictions on Women's Behavior in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria	199
David O. Olayiwola Women as Christian Revivalists in the Contemporary Nigerian Context	219
Mikelle S. Omari-Obayemi An Indigenous Anatomy of Power and Art: A New Look at Yoruba Women in Society and Religion	235
Nneka Osakwe Language: The Bridge for Self-Actualization of the African Woman	247
Peggy D. Siyakwazi Women's Contributions to Religion	261
Pat Williams Religious Fundamentalism and Women's Political Behavior in Nigeria	273
Oyeronke Olajubu Twenty First Century African Christianity: An Era of Women's Liberation in African Ecclesiology	291
Daphne Williams Ntiri Experimenting with Family Life Centers in Africa's Development: A Case Study of Rural Women in Somalia, East Africa	301