Work, social status, and gender in post-slavery Mauritania /

Although slavery was legally abolished in 1981 in Mauritania, its legacy lives on in the political, economic, and social discriminationagainst ex-slaves and their descendants. Katherine Ann Wiley examines the shifting roles of Muslim 'ara'in (ex-slaves and their descendants) women, who pro...

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Main Author: Wiley, Katherine Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
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