by Edna G. Bay (Author)
Wives of the Leopard explores power and culture in a precolonial West African state, Dahomey, whose army of women and practice of human sacrifice earned it notoriety in the racist imagination of late nineteenth-century Europe and America.
Author Biography
Edna G. Bay is Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University and is the editor of several books in African studies.
Number of Pages: 392
Dimensions: 1.1 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 29, 1998