NERVOUSE CONDITIONS

Name: Lauren Brewis
Student Number: 4500 841 8
Research report
Module Code: GENARTJ
Assignment 04: final draft of portfolio
Unique Number: 754002

DECLARATION
Name: Lauren Brewis
Student number: 4500 8418
Assignment topic: GENARTJ (portfolio)

I declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material has been used (either from a printed source or from the internet), this has been carefully acknowledged and referenced. I understand what plagiarism is and am aware of Unisa’s policy in this regard. I have not allowed anyone else to borrow or copy my work.

Signed: Lauren Brewis
Due date: 20- 11 - 2013

CONTENT PAGE
STUDENT DETAILS……………………………………………. 1
DECLARATION………………………………………………… 2
CONTENT PAGE……………………………………………….. 3
CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION…………………………………………… 4
Research problem…………………………………………. 4
Methodology ……………………………………………….. 4
Radical Feminist approach……………………………… 5
The Authors Biography………………………………….. 6
CHAPTER 2:
PART A – Findings and Results…………………………. 8
Findings and Observations…………..………………… 8
Patriarchy Throughout History and Today…………. 9
Did Matriarchs exist in Pre-colonial Africa?……….. 13
Are we Behind?……………………………………..……. 14
Customs Formed in Good Order …………………….. 15
Cultural Norms…………………………………………… 16

PART B – A Literature Review of Nervous Conditions 19
Education as Depicted in the Narrative……………… 19
Girls and Education in Africa Today …………………. 20
Cultural Hybridization…………………………………… 21
Gender Discrimination and Abuse............................ 22
Maiguru (Women and Asset Acquisition) ……………. 23
CHAPTER 3
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………… 26

WORKS CITED…………………………………………………… 28
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Research Problem
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