- ISBN: 9780253010179 | 0253010179
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/1/2013
Exploring the origins, organization, subject matter, and performance contexts of singers and singing, Women's Songs from West Africal expand understandings of the world of women in West Africa and their complex and subtle roles as verbal artists. Covering Côte d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and beyond, the essays attests to the importance of women's contributions to the most widespread form of verbal art in Africa.