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Ama Ata Aidoo: Celebrating women in Africa

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How to Overcome Social and Cultural Barriers in Africa

Strongly patriarchal societies in Africa. As I said, women can't inherit often property laws really loaded against the colonial society. But if you look at parliamentarians in Ghana, you've got 11% of MPs in Ghana. Oh, women, that's beautiful. It is disastrous. All right. So how is it best to counter the oppression of women legal rights and not sufficient? Are they how do you overcome social and cultural barriers? Education, education, education. Give women, like men, give them the tools. They will live their own lives. They will never shit their own positions in society. Educate women. They will even make fewer children and make people happy,. all these

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