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THE BLACK WOMAN IN THE US HAS A UNIQUE PAST BASED UPON HER SLAVE HERITAGE, RACIAL OPPRESSION, & SEX DISCRIMINATION. BECAUSE OF RACIAL OPPRESSION, BLACK WOMEN ARE SUBJUGATED TO WHITE WOMEN AS WELL AS TO WHITE MEN. THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES ARE NOT THE SAME; WHITE WOMEN ARE AS MUCH OPPRESSORS OF BLACK WOMEN AS ARE WHITE MEN. THE SYSTEM HAS DEFEMINIZED THE BLACK WOMAN BY FORCING HER TO ASSUME DESIGNATED M ROLES. THOSE WHITE WOMEN INTERESTED IN CHANGING THE STATUS QUO & GAINING POWER DO NOT GENERALLY CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH ISSUES OF RACIAL JUSTICE, AS THIS ALIENATES WHITE M'S--THE HOLDERS OF THE POWER WHITE WOMEN WANT. THE RACIAL STRUCTURE OF POWER IN THE US PRECLUDES THE REALIZATION OF AN INTERRACIAL BALANCE; WHITES GENERALLY ASSUME THAT BLACKS WILL BE CONTENT WITH A PROMISE OF FUTURE EQUALITY. LEADERS IN THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT ARE NOT WILLING TO RISK ALIENATION OF THE HOUSEWIFE BY DEALING IN ISSUES SUCH AS PRISON REFORM & POLICE BRUTALITY--ISSUES WHICH ARE OF PRIME CONCERN TO THE BLACK WOMAN. ONE CANNOT ASSUME THAT BLACK & WHITE WOMEN SHARE COMMON INTERESTS; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE 2 MUST BE CLEARLY STATED & UNDERSTOOD IN ANY UNDERTAKING TO AVOID THE ROBBING OF THE BLACK WOMAN'S DIGNITY, A PATTERN THAT HAS BEEN TOO OFTEN REPEATED. MODIFIED AUTHOR'S SUMMARY.

This book is a collection of original essays intended to interprete aspects of Nigeria's experiment with democracy. Instead of a mere recount of Nigerian recent history and politics, salient elements which lend themselves to theoretical and empirical interpretation have been chosen in the knowledge that contemporary Nigerian politics revolve more or less around them