Africa as a continent, which holds strong to its patriarchal cultural principles and practices, is known for its blatant display of violent abuse of women, incl

West, a professor of ethics and African American studies at Drew University and a United Methodist clergyperson, employs first person accounts, from slave narra

Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors, "Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black and Blue"

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

One of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, Kirkus Reviews "A righteous indictment of racism and misogyny."—Publishers Weekly A powerful account of violence aga