This volume is part of a series which is a tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora. It weaves together oral tradition, folk legends and stories, songs and poems, historical accounts and traveller's tales from Egypt to Southern Africa, from prehistory to the 19th century.
"In Praise of Black Women" is a magnificent tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora from the ancient past to the present. Lavishly illustrated, with text written and selected by the celebrated Guadeloupean novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, this four-volume series celebrates remarkable women who distinguished themselves in their time and shaped the course of culture and history.
