Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
By: Toufah Jallow
4.47
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Toufah is the story of Toufah Jallow, a brilliant and inspiring young woman who, after she was forc…
Want to Read $ 9.59"But a country is not just its weather, it's buildings, it's people. A country is also its government, it's power structure, it's leaders, and it's way of life." (pg. 8)"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"But a country is not just its weather, it's buildings, it's people. A country is also its government, it's power structure, it's leaders, and it's way of life." (pg. 8)"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"No person should be subjected to this.' If a woman's value, a woman's autonomy, her right to be free from assault, is dependent on her relationships as a mother, wife, a sister or daughter to the men in her life, it means she is only a human as the strength of her relationships to the men around her-that women are only conditionally human." (pg.269)"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"No person should be subjected to this.' If a woman's value, a woman's autonomy, her right to be free from assault, is dependent on her relationships as a mother, wife, a sister or daughter to the men in her life, it means she is only a human as the strength of her relationships to the men around her-that women are only conditionally human." (pg.269)"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
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By: Toufah Jallow
4.47
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Toufah is the story of Toufah Jallow, a brilliant and inspiring young woman who, after she was forc… read more
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"But a country is not just its weather, it's buildings, it's people. A country is also its government, it's power structure, it's leaders, and it's way of life." (pg. 8)"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"No person should be subjected to this.' If a woman's value, a woman's autonomy, her right to be free from assault, is dependent on her relationships as a mother, wife, a sister or daughter to the men…"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"The absence of war doesn't necessarily equal peace,' I said." I loved this because it's such a poignant reminder that just because the extreme is not the case, doesn't mean that the opposite extreme …"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
"Social and religious circumstances pushed them down. Their strength and will pushed them forward- and perhaps in these ways they were more similar to the mothers and grandmothers of Western feminists…"-Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement
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