'Without women, nothing can succeed': yoruba women in the oodua people's congress (OPC), Nigeria.

From: Africa | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Nolte, Insa | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

This article examines the role of women in the politics of the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), a militant ethno-nationalist movement of the Yoruba people in south-west Nigeria. Women's inclusion in the organizational structure and their typical roles within the OPC, the article suggests, expand the political agency of women but at the same time ensure that their contributions are contained within the OPC's overall politics. Women play important roles within the ...

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