A literary figure or patriarchal reality? Reflections on the ‘ēšet hayil in light of depictions of womanhood from selected Yorùbá and Sotho proverbs

Madipoane Masenya

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1. The cultural distortion of the African world view and the subordination of women in ‘postcolonial’ African societies
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South African Journal of Philosophy vol: 42 issue: 3 first page: 192 year: 2023
doi: 10.1080/02580136.2023.2285078

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