African Women's Role In African Culture

Have you ever wondered why we have more male African leaders than female? African women have always been active in agriculture, trade, and other economic pursuits, but a majority of them are in the informal labor force .Woman still hold the largest role in the culture. Actually they have a significant role on the African culture.By raising and teaching the kids culture and treating sickness , while the men are usually out working. Even though when men work woman also work and they do not nearly get paid as much as men . Women should be treated more as a equal then a child . another case of sexes in our culture , as not respecting not right

African women holds the strongest roles in african culture like the women in africa show strong roles in everything they do in households .Women participated and the labor force had grown the fastest, the economy experienced the largest reduction in poverty rates. They show a stronger role than male africans Women were often in charge of the spiritual systems in their communities. African women are spiritual leaders and most are selected by other strong women that are heads of the tribes, and not all women were allowed to join the ranks of spiritual leadership. African women have one of the biggest impacts in spirituals roles they hold

secrets and more . Actually Women were often in charge of the spiritual systems in their communities. Nonetheless, women dominated the positions of spiritual and religious power in most African traditional societies. They are responsible for announcing dates and times of ceremonies, rites and rituals. These strong

leaders had the power to place and remove curse from people . They host everything to do with African people like they should be able to take some time off at time like vacation ,. they are strong human beings even when the kids grown up they still support them until the kids get on there feet to support their mom 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) .

So without women there towns would be possied and have demon babies . This strong input on cultural roles in the african people probably have the biggest role, only a some are picked not all .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

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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 the strong but africans women is the powerful thing on earth. Women is also the center of the household that hold peace , also keep everything in order and control . They keep an eye on the kids and cook , without them kids 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 day either at work or doing something in the streets .

African women shows a big role at home and taking care of there home by working and taking care of there kids even when they don't get paid enough as men do . “Women end up working twice as long as men 15 to 18 hours a day, but earn nearly as tenth as

much. In industry and trade, women have been confined to small-scale operations in the informal sector, however vibrant these operators are and despite the trading empire built up by the most successful female entrepreneurs, women’s average income are relatively low. Inclusive employment therefore remains a major factor for every economic system oriented towards justice and the common good. But the reverse is the case with most African families. Women’s “double shift”, at home and at work, undoubtedly affects their professional progress. Their home shift may in most cases include caring for parents, in-laws and younger sibling” .(.Shwartz-2001) African women do it all they stay home and take care of the kids or they will go and work to feed the family while there kids defends for their self at times . They produce the most in the household and still get treated like minors they can not work in some jobs because there are women but littler they know women are just like men if not stronger . Women and men should be treated like equals if can women should be treated better they also have the babies and raise them . There should be more women in the office for many reasons like they should be ables to make

law to make everyone equals like they should atleast put in law to help other women out . Women are getting treated like slave and not realizing that they are stronger for dealing with adversity . people think got it bad and not knowing what African women do so much sometimes work and take care of home

Women used a variety of routes to exercise authority through women’s organizations, as spiritual leaders, and sometimes as queen mothers, advising male rulers and serving as co-rulers or regents a woman must have her husband's consent to open a bank account, this is no respect for women at all they can't even have their own money they hove to let the husband know before her to spend her own money .”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, 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 over power 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 cook 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 get educated as men do i do not why in cases i see but should not be all they should not be treated like kid and dogs , they do not want women to advance and get smarter because then the men will lose jobs and probably take of the children while the wife go out and get jobs and pay bills and make laws that both genders can not do .

Closing i'll say African women hold one of the strongest cultural role in the world , African women have always been active in agriculture, trade, and other economic pursuits,
but a majority of them are in the informal labor force . Women still hold the largest role in the culture actually they have a significant role on the African culture. By raising and teaching the kids culture and treating sickness while the men are usually out working. it shows in the facts that women get less privileges but cannot own land or even . women should get a upper hand in some cases they go through so much threw a life span .If women look like they go threw they would not be pretty . but seeing as women getting treated like dirt they still overcome and raise and teach their culture to the upcoming women.