From the heart of masculinity: Ogbodo-Uke women's masking
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Authors
Okafor, Chinyere Grace
Advisors
Issue Date
1994-10
Type
Article
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Postprint
Keywords
Ogbodo-Uke mask performance , Women, Nigeria , African masks , Women's Studies , African women , Gender roles , Izzi culture
Citation
Okafor, Chinyere Grace. (1994). From the heart of masculinity: Ogbodo-Uke women's masking. -- Research in African Literatures, Vol. 25, No. 3, p.7-17.
Abstract
This paper examines the origins and performance of Ogbodo-Uke mask by women of Aba community of Abakiliki. Author shows that masking classified originaly as a male affair, is organized, produced, and performed by women now, and this is an expression of independence and gender cooperation.
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
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Series
v.25
no.3
no.3
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ISSN
0034-5210