Introduction / Gwendolyn Mikell -- 1. Changing the Meaning of Marriage: Women and Family Law in Cote d'Ivoire / Jeanne Maddox Toungara -- 2. Wives, Children, and Intestate Succession in Ghana / Takyiwaa Manuh -- 3. Pleas for Domestic Relief: Akan Women and Family Courts / Gwendolyn Mikell -- 4. Swazi Women Workers in Cottage Industries and Factories / Betty J. Harris -- 5. Alcohol and Politics in Urban Zambia: The Intersection of Gender and Class / Ilsa M. Glazer -- 6. Women's Roles in Settlement and Resettlement in Mali / Dolores Koenig -- 7. Ethiopian Rural Women and the State / Tsehai Berhane-Selassie -- 8. Women and Grassroots Politics in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire / Carlene H. Dei -- 9. Kenyan Women in Politics and Public Decision Making / Maria Nzomo -- 10. "Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling": Women's Networks and Survival Imperatives in Tshunyane, South Africa / Shawn Riva Donaldson.

11. Technology and the Fuel Crisis: Adjustment among Women in Northern Nigeria / D. J. Shehu -- 12. Swazi Traditional Healers, Role Transformation, and Gender / Enid Gort -- 13. AIDS, Gender, and Sexuality during Africa's Economic Crisis / Brooke Grundfest Schoepf -- Conclusions: Theorizing and Strategizing about African Women and State Crisis / Gwendolyn Mikell -- Table A.1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Male-Female Data -- Table A.2. Economic Activity by Sector and Sex -- Table A.3. Sub-Saharan Africa Socioeconomic Data.