Part I: Theory and Politics 1. Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers Within Feminist Gynocriticism - Nana Wilson-Tagoe 2. Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria - Bayo Ogunjimi 3. Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development: a Short Statement - Akosua Gyamfuaa-Fofie Part II:: Literatures 4. A Life on the women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary - Jane Bryce 5. Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel - Dove-Danquah and Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang 6. Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodor Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye - Chinyere Okafor 7. Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels - Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo 8. Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry - Obododimma Oha 9. Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali - Margaret Hauwa Kassam 10. The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama B and Zaynab Alkali - Ibiyemi Mojola 11. Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here - Chioma Opara Part III: Popular Culture 12. Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Nigeria - Sani Abba Aliyu 13. Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance - Chinyere Grace Okafor 14. Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-Fiction - Stephanie Newell 15. Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal Casting in Benin City, Nigeria - Adepeju Layiwola