Women's Role In African Culture

Have you ever wondered why we have more male African leaders than female leaders? African Women have always been active in agriculture, trade, and other economic pursuits, but the majority of them are in the informal labor force .Women still hold the largest role in the culture. They actually have a significant role in the African culture. This is evident by their raising, teaching and nurturing the children, while the men are usually out working. While men and women both may work, women do not get paid nearly as much as men .Women should be treated more as an equal partner to men and less like children. This is sexism and it is not fair.

Women hold the strongest roles in African culture. The women in Africa are strong and it shows …show more content…
African people are known for their spiritualism and the seriousness with which they take religion. Therefore, we can see how a dominant feminine energy in the spiritual sphere helped to ensure that women were respected in society. (Shwartz-2001) It is believed in this culture that without women their towns would be poisoned and they could have demon babies .Although women play an important role in African society, they suffer legal, economic and social constraints. Some laws still treat them as a little kid. That show how wrong they treat beautiful African queens. ‘Women are known to grow 80% of food in Africa, and yet few are allowed to own the land they work on. It is often more difficult for women to gain access to information and technology, resources and credit than men. Agricultural extension and formal financial institutions, loan policies favor men the most despite women’s importance as producers (UNESCO 1991)). Women are stronger, but Africans women are the powerful thing on earth. Women are also the center of the household that holds peace; also keep everything in order and control. They keep an eye on the kids and cook, without those children will not be raised the right way. They will be on the streets probably or killed, sometimes the kids turn out good, but most of the time they have no one to look over them, while dad either at woror doing something in the …show more content…
“Women’s participation in national educational systems is again biased due to the sociocultural and economic environments. There is also a lack of women in the government. More than two-thirds of Africa's illiterates are women. Women are regarded as inferior to men and are not expected to aspire as high as men, especially in what are considered as 'male' fields engineering, computing, and architecture. It is largely assumed that educating women would make them too independent; in other words, they scared of them to get too strong in overpower men this is disrespectful to women they need freedom too. they would not do what they are expected to do , look after the house, bring up children, and cater to their husband's needs.” women in this culture do almost everything they teach cooking and in charge of almost everything and getting treated like dirt they need to change some law for everyone they should get someone in the office . not seeing women as leaders is a disgrace to our ancestors , it's like slavery still going on without them knowing .women do not even