Africa

Scope and Contents Documents concerning young women's Christian associations in West Africa and the history of association work throughout Africa. Proceedings, notes and reports of the West Africa conference of YWCA's summarize and assess the conference proceedings and experience. At the conference, women from associations in West Africa hear presentations concerning and discuss topics such as the status of women, western influence in Africa, family and marriage, and leadership. In addition, conference reports...

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Photographs of young women's Christian association classes in Africa. Many photographs have brief descriptions on the back but none are labeled by country.

Abstract

Seven maps (two of the maps are the same) reflecting the geopolitical impact of European colonization on the African continent from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries. These maps are formerly plates in published books that were removed and sold separately.