The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa Gerard Fergerson and pieces from legal scholars

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The Politics of Gender Reform in West Africa Gerard Fergerson and pieces from legal scholarsThis anthropological study offers a crucial contribution to scholarly debates about the making of African modernity by considering the implementation and reception of gender reform in the West African context. Historically, attempts at implementing gender reform in West Africa have been met with suspicion. Beyond the perception that such reforms subvert traditional structures of authority and community, many worry that these efforts are inextricably