African Businesswomen in Asia : A Cultural Interface in the World of Globalization

Rebecca Mbuh Research Institute of Asian Women Sookmyung Women' 2005 Asian Women Vol.21 No.-

This paper explores the expansion of African women's business practices from the local environment to the international arena. Though African women have been engaged in trading from time immemorial, the venture into transcontinental trading is a phenomenon which is only now gaining more visibility. Due to persistent economic hardships which began in the 1990s, many African women are taking advantage of the benefits of globalization and modern technologies to engage in international trade. While the benefits and rewards are gratifying, there are several challenges that these women face. Through detailed interviews conducted with selected women who trade between African countries and Asia, especially Korea, some of the difficulties and opportunities are highlighted. These challenges are experienced at two fronts: in their home countries and internationally as they share time between family responsibilities and their businesses.

Multiculturalism and the African Novel: A Study of Recent Anglophone Cameroon Novels

Mbuh Tennu Mbuh 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구원 2015 OMNES: The Journal of Multicultural Society Vol.6 No.1

This paper discusses multiculturalism in the African novel with emphasison the Anglophone Cameroon novel. In doing this, I interrogate the idea ofa multicultural world as a prescriptivist possibility of Western universalism,and draw inspiration from pre-colonial notions of it in Africa in order to suggesta relative appraisal of the term today. The two novels in focus thus serve asmediating points in the assessment of how and why Africa and Europe (theWest in general) can partner less suspiciously. In the end, I also suggest thereinforcement of a more objective reliance on African bioethics in order tonegotiate a more organic transition into the challenges of multiculturalism today.

Nawi Qwang, 'The Black Madonna' and The Changing Curve of African Feminism

Mbuh M. Mbuh 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구원 2002 Asian Women Vol.15 No.-

Postcolonial Africa has been grossly characterised by the chauvinistic instinct of a male ego that has appropriated the essence of communal life into a vision of manly nightmares. The woman, arguably, has been the hardest hit by this phenomenon, expected to adjust to male-conceived patterns of life that are imposed on her. The situation has been compromised by the conspiracy of history, politics and economic enterprising, which, traditionally, largely favour the male, and where the woman is forced into a formalised conviviality, to the extent that gender roles have been stereotyped for her even when it is relevant to acknowledge her indispensability in some male-arrogated domains today. This paper, therefore, argues that in African feminist writings, Woman is re-invested into her traditional role of power broker and in this guise she poses as a phenomenon that defies conventional boundaries, definitions and expectations. She is thus summoned to redeem her re-defined society by beginning with her own personality against the betraying prospects of male consciousness. But she is not intoxicated by the re-discovery of her strength so that, as the paper will seek to conclude, she celebrates her power in mutuality with, not submission to, the male in a situation where such compatibility provides a more harmonious vision for the future in every aspect of the community's life.

African Women and Higher Education Attainment in the 21st Century : The Challenge Continues

Mbuh, Rebecca N. 숙명여자대학교 아세아여성문제연구소 2006 Asian Women Vol.22 No.1

Current educational policies and educational plans of many African nations have combined with the past practices to limit the ability of women to fully utilize their intellectual energies in the management of their economies. African states inherited gender stereotyped educational systems from the colonial states. To date, little has been done to transform these gender typed systems. The net result is the disproportionate representation of women in educational institutions at all levels, but worse at the higher levels of education. Overall, very few women have access to institutions of higher learning, and those who do enter specific, stereotyped fields. The percentage of female enrollment in institutions of higher learning in African universities in 2002/2003 ranged from 0.34 per cent in Niger to 53 per cent in South Africa (UNESCO 2003). This paper assesses the plight of African women in education at the higher level and examines some of the reasons African women have been so grossly under-represented in managerial and decision-making positions in government, private and other influential sectors. The paper argues that the participation of African women in higher education is very low in large part because of traditional and cultural values that emphasize a woman's roles as wife and mother from a very early age. Additional, the paper discusses other causes of the under-representation of women in higher educational institutions that can be attributed to history and government policies in response to the increasing demand for education. Suggestions for narrowing the gap created by gender inequalities through improving educational policies and practices are advanced to government officials, educators and leaders of the private sectors.

Introduction to Gender and The Diaspora Issue

Mbuh, Rebecca N. 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구소 2007 Asian Women Vol.23 No.2

Ngwi Qwang, 'The Black Madonna' and the Changing Curve of African Feminism

Mbuh, Mbouth M. 숙명여자대학교 아세아여성문제연구소 2002 Asian Women Vol.15 No.-

Postcolonial Africa has been grossly characterized by the chauvinistic instinct of a male ego that has appropriated the essence of communal life into a vision of manly nightmares. The woman, arguably, has been the hardest hit by this phenomenon, expected to adjust to male-conceived patterns of life that are imposed on her. The situation has been compromised by the conspiracy of history, politics and economic enterprising, which, traditionally, largely favour the male, and where the woman is forced into a formalised conviviality, to the extent that gender roles have been stereotyped for her even when it is relevant to acknowledge her indispensability in some male-arrogated domains today. This paper, therefore, argues that in African feminist writings, Woman is re-invested into her traditional role of power broker and in this guise she poses as a phenomenon that defies conventional boundaries, definitions and expectations. She is thus summoned to redeem her re-defined society by beginning with her own personality against the betraying prospects of male consciousness. But she is not intoxicated by the re-discovery of her strength so that, as the paper will seek to conclude, she celebrates her power in mutuality with, not submission to, the male in a situation where such compatibility provides a more harmonious vision for the future in every aspect of the community’s life.

Glibalization, Women, and Business

Mbuh, Rebecca N 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구소 2007 Asian Women Vol.23 No.2

Introduction

Mbuh, Rebecca N. 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구소 2007 Asian Women Vol.23 No.3

Women in Managerial Positions

Mbuh, Rebecca N. 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구소 2006 Asian Women Vol.22 No.3

Ngwi Qwang, 'The Black Madonna' and the changing Curve of African Feminism

MbuhM.Mbuh 숙명여자대학교 아시아여성연구원 2002 Asian Women Vol.15 No.-

Postcolonial Africa has been grossly characterised by the chauvinistic instinct of a male ego that has appropriated the essence of communal like into a vision of manly nightmares. The women, arguably, has been the hardest hit by this phenomenon, expected to adjust to male-conceived patterns of life that are imposed on her. The situation has been compromised by the conspiracy of history, politics and economic enterprising, which, traditionally, largely favour the male, and where the woman is forced into a formalised convivality, to the extent that gender roles have been stereotyped for her even when it is relevant to acknowledge her indispensability in some male-arrogated domains today. This paper, therefore, argues that in African feminist writings, Woman is re-invested into her traditional role of power broker and in this guise she poses as a phenomenon that defies conventional boundaries, definitions and expectations. She is thus summoned to redeem her re-defined society by beginning with her own personality against the betraying prospects of male consciousness. But she is not intoxicated by the re-discovery of her strength so that, as the paper will seek to conclude, she celebrates her power in mutuality with, not submission to, the male in a situation where such compatibility provides a more harmonious vision for the future in every aspect of the community's life.