The Origin of Wrongs Against African Women

“I believe that what we have learned in this brilliant work is that the role of women in Africa has often been distorted. A clearer picture, based on solid evidence, demonstrates that the roles we have seen in Africa before colonialism are the roles that women were accustomed to prior to the coming of the Europeans. If anything, Europe transmitted to Africa its own aversion to women leadership and power…” Prof. Molefi K. Asante, PhD.