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Women's Political Communication in Africa pp 119–132Cite as

Africa’s First Ladies: Communicating Political Thought in Nigeria

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The traditional role model associated with women is no longer acceptable and realistic as the real life is portraying more and more active women. Africa’s first ladies’ advocacies for civil and political rights of African women and the abolition of patriarchal culture have not been appropriately situated in academic discourse despite that first ladies in Nigeria and other African countries have succeeded in supporting their husbands’ regimes as well as championing different social courses in Africa for the advancement of African women living in Africa. They have all championed the cause of African women by undertaking an epic journey of National Gender Advocacy Campaigns to address issues of gender equation in Africa.

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  1. Mass Communication Programme, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria

    Ayo Elebute & Obasanjo Oyedele

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  1. Women’s Research and Documentation Center, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

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Elebute, A., Oyedele, O. (2020). Africa’s First Ladies: Communicating Political Thought in Nigeria. In: Omotoso, S. (eds) Women's Political Communication in Africa. Contributions to Political Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42827-3_8

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