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From popular perspectives, the widespread picture of the African rural woman is that of someone uneducated, under the control of her spouse, resource-less, and virtually powerless. But to the contrary, Pitika Ntuli (2002, p. 53) gives a more optimistic picture of the continent and suggests, “Africa is neither Europe nor America.” Rural Tanzanian women are to be seen as science teachers and custodians of Indigenous knowledge that sustains the country’s agriculture necessary for development.
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Jagire, J.M. (2014). Indigenous Women Science Teachers of Tanzania. In: Asabere-Ameyaw, A., Anamuah-Mensah, J., Dei, G.S., Raheem, K. (eds) Indigenist African Development and Related Issues. Anti-colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-659-2_11
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