Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle

by Thomas Sankara

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"There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women," explains the leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso. Workers and peasants in that West African country established a popular revolutionary government and began to combat the hunger, illiteracy, and economic backwardness imposed by imperialist domination.

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L'émancipation des femmes et la lutte de libération de l'Afrique

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, History, Politics and Government
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305.42096Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityWomenSocial role and status of womenStandard subdivisionsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyAfrica
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HQ1236.5 .B92 .S26Social sciencesThe family. Marriage, Women and SexualityThe Family. Marriage. WomenWomen. Feminism

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