Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Map -- I: Statistical Framework -- Part One: Overviews: Comparative Perspectives -- Introduction to Part One -- 1 Female and Male Life-Cycles -- 2 Female and Male Work Profiles -- 3 Patterns of Migration -- Conclusion to Part One -- II: Case Studies -- Part Two: Male and Female Spheres: Separate and Connected -- Introduction to Part Two -- 4 Artistic and Sex Roles in a Limba Chiefdom -- 5 The Political and Military Roles of Akan Women -- 6 The Feminine Sphere in the Institutions of the Songhay-Zarma -- 7 Dependence and Autonomy: The Economic Activities of Secluded Hausa Women in Kano -- 8 Marital Sexuality and Birth-Spacing among the Yoruba -- Conclusion to Part Two -- Part Three Rights, Exchanges and Bargains: Co-operation and Conflict -- Introduction to Part Three -- 9 Who Is a Wife? Legal Expressions of Heterosexual Conflicts in Ghana -- 10 The Separateness of Spouses: Conjugal Resources in an Ashanti Town -- 11 Kinship and Cocoa Farming in Ghana by Christine Okali -- 12 Fishmongers, Big Dealers and Fishermen: Co-operation and Conflict between the Sexes in Ghanaian Canoe Fishing -- 13 Marriage, Divorce and Polygyny in Winneba -- Conclusion to Part Three -- Part Four Resources and Opportunities: Male Bias? -- Introduction to Part Four -- 14 Sex Roles in Nigerian Politics -- 15 Skill-Building or Unskilled Labour for Female Youth: A Bauchi Case -- 16 Conjugal Decision-Making: Some Data from Lagos -- 17 Male Chauvinism: Men and Women in Ghanaian Highlife Songs -- 18 Male and Female Factory Workers in Ibadan -- 19 Female and Male Factory Workers in Accra -- 20 Urban Contacts: A Comparison of Women and Men.