Patricia Romero

In the spring of 1858 all seemed wonderful. But that was before the war. That awful war which came marching like a dreadful tyrant...Rachel Evans and her brother return to Virginia to visit their cousins, but with war looming on the horizon, tensions mount and circumstances send them back to Ohio. F...

A revealing oral history collection, Profiles in Diversity contains in-depth interviews of twenty-six women in South Africa from different racial, class, and age backgrounds. Conducted in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Vryburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Durban, and a rural secti...

A panoramic survey of the roles women have played in Africa south of the Sahara, from the Queen of Sheba in Ethiopia to the present-day presidents of Liberia and Malawi. Romero discusses education and religion; the occult and power; diseases and treatment; women and war; and women s increasing prese...

This book depicts the history of Lamu, once an important East African port city, now known as an unspoiled tourist destination and scenic location for Hollywood movies. Records from both the distant past and the more recent period give voice to the opinions of the WaAmu on many issues: Islam, slaver...

An anthology of Victorian women's writings on Africa. It offers an overview of the roles of women as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies and journalists, and gathers examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles and adventure stories.

This volume contains seven life histories of African women from different geographical areas and from varying cultural backgrounds. Many of these women's lives were affected by the European colonial presence in Africa, yet others reflect the influence of Islam. By reading them together, one gains in...

By combining biography with gender, this two-volume biographical world history reader fully integrates women into traditional political and social narratives. Profiles feature compelling political figures, activists, and artists from all regions of the globe--the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...

By combining biography with gender, this two-volume biographical world history reader fully integrates women into traditional political and social narratives. Profiles feature compelling political figures, activists, and artists from all regions of the globe--the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...