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Dove, Nah. "African Womanism." Journal of Black Studies 28, no. 5 (May 1998): 515–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002193479802800501.

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Ratna Hasanthi, Dhavaleswarapu. "Womanism and Women in Alice Walker’s The Temple of My Familiar." Shanlax International Journal of English 7, no. 2 (March 17, 2019): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v7i2.322.

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African-American women have been inappropriately and unduly, stereotyped in various contrasting images as slaves post-slavery, wet nurses, super women, domestic helpers, mammies, matriarchs, jezebels, hoochies, welfare recipients, and hot bodies which discloses their repression in the United States of America. They have been showcased by both black men and white women in different ways quite contrary to their being in America. Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Gayl Jones, Paule Marshall, Sonia Sanchez, Toni Cade Bambara, to name a few writers, have put forth the condition of black women through their works. They have shown the personality of many a black women hidden behind the veils of racism, sexism, classism and systemic oppression of different sorts. Walker coined the term Womanism in her 1984 collection of essays titled In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose. Womanism advocates consensus for black women starting with gender and proceeding over to race, ethnicity and class, with a universal outlook. Womanism offers a positive self-definition of the black woman’s self within gendered, historical, geographical, ethnic, racial and cultural contexts too. Walker’s novel The Temple of My Familiar 1989 is a womanist treatise putting forth the importance of womanist consciousness and womanist spirit. The novel is a tribute to the strength, endurance and vitality of black womanhood. The novel revolves around three pairs of characters and their lives to showcase the lives of African Americans and coloured population in America. The three couples namely Suwelo and Fanny, Arveyda and Carlotta, Lissie and Hal showcased in the novel, belong to different age groups and different, mixed ethnicities. Through them, Walker depicts the lives of marginalized population in America, and the umpteen trials they face for being who they are. Furthermore, this paper showcases how Womanism as a theory can really enliven the life of the black community, especially black women when put into practice.

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Makombe, Rodwell. "Images of woman and the search for happiness in Cynthia Jele's Happiness is a four letter word." Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 55, no. 1 (January 26, 2018): 110–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.1552.

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Over the years, African ‘feminist’ scholars have expressed reservations about embracing feminism as an analytical framework for theorizing issues that affect African women. This is particularly because in many African societies, feminism has been perceived as a negative influence that seeks to tear the cultural fabric and value systems of African communities. Some scholars such as Clenora Hudson-Weems, Chikenje Ogunyemi, Tiamoyo Karenga and Chimbuko Tembo contend that feminism as developed by Western scholars is incapable of addressing context-specific concerns of African women. As a result, they developed womanism as an alternative framework for analysing the realities of women in African cultures. Womanism is premised on the view that African women need an Afrocentric theory that can adequately deal with their specific struggles. Drawing from ideas that have been developed by womanist scholars, this article critically interrogates the portrayal of women in Cynthia Jele’s Happiness is a four-letter word (2010), with particular focus on the choices that they make in love relationships, marriage and motherhood. My argument is that Jele’s text affirms the womanist view that African women exist within a specific cultural context that shapes their needs, aspirations and choices in a different way.

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Ezeifeka, Chinwe R. "Chinweizu and Woman’s Place: A Response to Anatomy of Female Power." African and Asian Studies 20, no. 1-2 (April 27, 2021): 179–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341488.

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Abstract This article examines the reality or illusion of the perceived ‘paradises’ of ‘female power’, the purported façade of patriarchy and the claimed pervasiveness of matriarchy in Chinweizu’s Anatomy of Female Power. By deconstructing the extreme essentialist perspectives of AFP, and in line with womanism, the article interrogates the perceived covert matriarchal power sites of the masculinist creation and argues that they essentialize woman’s place in fixed biologically defined gender spaces, hence negating the concept of societal power as exercised rather than possessed. These placements, while trivializing woman’s role in the public sphere, obviously obfuscate the acknowledged dual-sex political system in some African and Nigerian settings. Responding from the generally African and specifically Igbo experience, the work offers an alternative womanist conceptualization, beyond matriarchy-patriarchy and other gender stereotypic binaries; a humanistic form of gender fluidity where the synergy of the two genders will engender complementarity, collaboration, compromise and cooperation.

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Moore, Jeania Ree V. "African American Quilting and the Art of Being Human: Theological Aesthetics and Womanist Theological Anthropology." Anglican Theological Review 98, no. 3 (June 2016): 457–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000332861609800302.

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In her collection In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983), Alice Walker explores how African American women preserved and passed down a heritage of creativity and beauty in spite of brutality. I argue in this essay that African American quilting forms a revelatory subject for the womanist project taken up by theologians. As both symbol for and implementation of the creative practice Walker heralds, quilting unearths aesthetics as vital to being human. Theologically rendered, quilting unfolds theological aesthetics for and with womanist theological anthropology. Theologically engaging historical, literary, and personal narrative, I show how womanism and quilting enrich theological conceptions of aesthetics and personhood.

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Duran, Jane. "African NGO’s and Womanism: Microcredit and Self-Help." Journal of African American Studies 14, no. 2 (October 8, 2009): 171–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12111-009-9109-2.

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Saidi, Umali, and Charles Pfukwa. "Editorial: Special Issue on Womanism & Culture." DANDE Journal of Social Sciences and Communication 2, no. 2 (2018): iv—v. http://dx.doi.org/10.15641/dande.v2i2.44.

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Articles in this Issue celebratewomanhood, aspects that characterize it and directs our attention to gendered discourses that seek to unearth the idea that women have always fought for their rights and actively participated in various ways in the sustainable development of African societies. Articles approach the concept of ‘Womanhood’ or ‘Womanism’ in its localized and broadest sense drawing on key cultural issues on which power struggles or otherwise emanate from. They point out areas of success showing what African societies can achieve through womanhood or other cultural dynamics. As womanhood seeks to maintain an inclusive culture in African societies, some aspects of sustainable development are addressed. Drawing much from the Zimbabwean realities and the region, these articles reveal, in a subtle way, efforts by women actively participating in discourses of nationhood as well as recommending in considerable ways how on one hand women make significant contributionsin national culture; on the other hand,aspects of healing and reconciliation are also subtlety addressed. The articles augment voices on gender discourses, culture and nation building, however, in a very unique way.

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Patton. "Introduction: New Directions in Feminism and Womanism in Africa and the African Diaspora." Black Women, Gender + Families 5, no. 2 (2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/blacwomegendfami.5.2.0001.

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Makgato, Mary, Chaka Chaka, and Itani Mandende. "Theorizing an Africana Womanist’s Resistance to Patriarchy in Monyaise’s Bogosi Kupe." Journal of Black Studies 49, no. 4 (February 21, 2018): 330–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021934718760194.

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This article examines the resistance of an African woman to patriarchy in the Setswana novel, Bogosi Kupe. To illustrate this resistance, it analyzes a woman protagonist, Matlhodi, in this Setswana novel. The article contends that Matlhodi employs self-defining and authentic stratagems to counteract both patriarchal hegemony, and familial, cultural, and ideological hegemony. Employing Africana womanism and Africana critical theory, it argues that Matlhodi deploys her body, her clandestine love affair, her pregnancy, and her husband’s death as weapons to resist the patriarchal ethos foisted on her by her family.

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Norwood, Carolette. "Perspective in Africana Feminism; Exploring Expressions of Black Feminism/Womanism in the African Diaspora." Sociology Compass 7, no. 3 (February 19, 2013): 225–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12025.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "African womanism"

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Turner, Deidra Rochelle. "Religion and womanism in the lives of Central Texas African American Baptist women." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1619.

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Russell, Tiffany Simpkins. ""Survival is not an Academic Skill": Exploring How African American Female Graduates of a Private Boarding School Craft an Identity." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/eps_diss/43.

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ABSTRACT “SURVIVAL IS NOT AN ACADEMIC SKILL”: EXPLORING HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE GRADUATES OF A PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL CRAFT AN IDENTITY by Tiffany Simpkins Russell This qualitative study explores the private boarding school experiences of eight African American female graduates, the forms of identity they crafted and the survival skills they developed while navigating this unique terrain. A life history methodology grounded in the womanist tradition was used to develop a portrait of the women’s experiences using their personal narratives as well as integrating my own. Data collection methods included archival research of historical documents related to the private school, Personal History Interview of the primary researcher, Individual Life History interviews of each of the women, and a Group Conversation with the participants. Narrative analysis (Labov, 1997) and Brown and Gilligan’s Listener’s Guide (1992) were used to analyze the women’s narratives and revealed a set of four significant “creative essences.” A “creative essence” is defined as “a proactive, unique, and individual path to inner fulfillment” (Davis, 1998, p. 493). These essences elucidate the survival skills the women employed at various times in their academic careers to cope with sexism, racism, marginalization and invisibility in an injurious environment. The emergent “creative essences” are: 1) Asserting Blackness; 2) Creating Safe Spaces; 3) Finding Voice and Embracing Loudness; 4) Relying on Sistafriends. These “creative essences” are explored in detail using examples from the female respondents’ narratives, the scholarship on African American women’s strength and resilience and African American literature. Implications for educational practice and future research endeavors are discussed.

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Eaton, Kalenda C. "Talkin' bout a revolution Afro-politico womanism and the ideological transformation of the black community, 1965-1980 /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1093540674.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Document formatted into pages; contains 185 p. Includes bibliographical references. Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2007 Aug. 26.

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Keiler-Bradshaw, Ahmon J. "Voices of the Earth: A Phenomenological Study of Women in the Nation of Gods and Earths." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/aas_theses/2.

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Historically, Black women have often been excluded from the discussion on leadership. This thesis argues that the leadership roles of the women in the Nation of Gods and Earths are consis-tent with the concepts of both Africana womanism and Black women’s leadership. However, through an analysis of Earth’s oral testimonies, this research concludes that though racism is the most pervading obstacle faced by Black people, The Nation of Gods and Earths must address and reevaluate the sexism that exists within its doctrine and practice. By doing so, the group can be-gin to recognize Black women’s leadership and utilize it more effectively. The Nation should collectively transform its gender inequality, in a way that does not compromise its culture, as a means of successfully sustaining and strengthening itself and the communities of which it serves.

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Mokgwathi, Kutlwano. "Situating Southern African Masculinities: A Multimodal Thematic Analysis of the Construction of Rape Culture and Cultured Violence in the Digital Age of #MenAreTrash & #AmINext?" Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1620124202447593.

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Aboderin, Olutoyosi Abigail. "More Than a Hashtag: An Examination of the #BlackGirlMagic Phenomenon." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2019. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/592065.

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African American Studies
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Cashawn Thompson, who is credited for coining the phrase “Black girls are magic” which was later shortened to Black Girl Magic, says in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that “at its core, the purpose of this movement is to create a platform where women of color can stand together against “the stereotyping, colorism, misogynoir and racism that is often their lived experience.” Julee Wilson, Fashion Senior Editor at Essence Magazine, reflects Thompson in her article written for HuffPost saying, “Black Girl Magic is a term used to illustrate the universal awesomeness of black women. It’s about celebrating anything we deem particularly dope, inspiring, or mind-blowing about ourselves.” (Wilson, 2016) Nielsen Media Research similarly defines #BlackGirlMagic as “a cross-platform gathering of empowered Black women who uplift each other and shine a light on the impressive accomplishments of Black women throughout the world, a hashtag which uncovers and addresses the daily racism that so
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McGill, Keisha KaVon. "Experiences of African American Mothers Raising Gifted Children." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6923.

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Equality in educational access has long been an area of concern for U.S. educators, policy makers, and advocates. Congress issued a mandate in 1969 to identify the needs of gifted students and to ensure that those needs were being met. However, the needs of gifted minority students were not specifically addressed. Little is known about how African American mothers are affected by the demands of raising and advocating for their gifted child. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative inquiry was to explore the lived experiences of African American mothers raising gifted children. The theory of womanism was used to explore the experiential anecdotes offered by the participants and to guide in analysis of developing themes. In addition, critical race theory was used to further examine the narratives offered by the participant mothers. Nine African American mothers whose children were identified as academically and intellectually gifted participated in interviews; analysis of data included use of the hermeneutic circle and resulted in the identification of 4 essential themes and 8 subthemes. Subthemes, that seemed particularly meaningful to participants, included othermothering, exasperation, resilience, and the Black male experience. Findings highlight the mothers' resilience when dealing with instances of microaggressions and microinsults. Additionally, findings elucidated their desire to see every child succeed through othermothering behaviors. Implications for positive social change include contributing to the body of knowledge regarding the needs and challenges affecting African American mothers raising gifted children.

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Rivers, NeCole L. "The Expectation of Emotional Strength and its Impact on African American Women's Weight." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1274.

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African American (AA) women have the highest rates of obesity and weight-related diseases of any other cultural group in the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between acceptance of the Strong Black Woman (SBW) cultural construct and the following weight-related health factors: body mass index (BMI), high blood pressure, stroke, and diabetes mellitus (DM). The hypothesis was that a positive relationship exists between accepting the SBW persona and weight-related health factors. The theory of womanism was used to guide this study. Convenience sampling was used to recruit 127 AA women to participant in an online survey. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed on the demographics. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the research questions. The affect and regulation subscale from the Strong Black Woman Cultural Construct Scale was used to measure mental and emotional strength. Willingness to ask for help was measured using the General Help Seeking questionnaire original version. The Emotional Eating Scale measured eating behaviors in response to anger, frustration, depression, and depressed mood. The Perceived Stress Scale measured perceived stress. The results of the analyses revealed that mental and emotional strength were significantly related to BMI and high blood pressure. There was no significant relationship found between mental and emotional strength and heart disease, stroke, and DM. This study could provide useful information for future weight management treatment for AA women. Positive social change is implied because understanding weight gain in this population may help to decrease the incidences of obesity and associated weight-related illnesses.

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Diamanka, Fanta. "Broadcasting Change: Radio Talk Shows, Education and Women’s Empowerment in Senegal." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1365168542.

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Johnson, Pearlie Mae Wahlman Maude. "African American quilts an examination of feminism, identity, and empowerment in the fabric arts of Kansas City quilters /." Diss., UMK access, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Art and Art History and Dept. of Sociology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008.
"A dissertation in art history and sociology." Advisor: Maude Southwell Wahlman. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 6, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-247). Online version of the print edition.

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Books on the topic "African womanism"

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Womanism and African consciousness. Trenton, N.J: Africa World Press, 1997.

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Mguni, Zifikile. Rediscoursing African womanhood in the search for sustainable renaissance: Africana womanism in multi-disciplinary approaches. Harare: College Press Publishers, 2012.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Africana womanism: Reclaiming ourselves. 2nd ed. Troy, Mich: Bedford Publishers, 1994.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Africana womanism: Reclaiming ourselves. Troy, Mich: Bedford Publishers, 1993.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Africana womanist literary theory: A sequel to Africana womanism: reclaiming ourselves. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004.

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Black womanist leadership: Tracing the motherline. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. Africana womanism & race & gender in the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008.

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Womanism, literature, and the transformation of the Black community, 1965-1980. New York: Routledge, 2008.

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Eaton, Kalenda C. Womanism, literature, and the transformation of the Black community, 1965-1980. New York: Routledge, 2008.

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Alice Walkers Romanwerk: Eine Untersuchung zu Ganzheit(lichkeit) und Womanism. Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang, 2000.

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Book chapters on the topic "African womanism"

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Hill, MarKeva Gwendolyn. "Who Is the African American Female?" In Womanism against Socially Constructed Matriarchal Images, 23–42. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137010766_2.

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Hill, MarKeva Gwendolyn. "African American Mother/Daughter Social Construction." In Womanism against Socially Constructed Matriarchal Images, 43–59. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137010766_3.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Africana Womanism." In Africana Womanism, 10–20. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-3.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Africana Womanism." In Africana Womanism, 28–34. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-5.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Africana-Melanated Womanism." In Africana Womanism, 113–20. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-16.

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Ntiri, Daphne Williams. "Introduction." In Africana Womanism, 1–8. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-1.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow." In Africana Womanism, 69–76. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-10.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Morrison’s Beloved." In Africana Womanism, 77–85. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-11.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "McMillan’s Disappearing Acts." In Africana Womanism, 86–91. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-12.

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Hudson-Weems, Clenora. "Authenticating and validating Africana-Melanated Womanism." In Africana Womanism, 94–105. Second edition. | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429287374-14.

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