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"This book is a masterpiece, and a product of painstaking research on how to build people and how to create a better society... I am yet to experience a more inspired writer than its author." - S.G. Okoli, Author of 'Legends Of Our Time' & 'Nigeria Will Surely Rise Again'. ..". The author is very much herself namely: experienced, witty, confident, hopeful, enthusiastic, enduring, loyal, and achieving. I recommend this volume which I believe is well-motived." - O.C. Nwana, Emeritus Professor of Education & Accomplished Author. Author of UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS IN NIGERIA: Memoirs of an Insider. ..". The reality of information contained in this book and the skilfully-blended style make the book a...
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This book gathers contributions highlighting the role of women in science, with a focus on health and disease. Women have contributed in no small way to the wealth of knowledge and discoveries in various aspects of health. The 21st century has been dubbed the "Knowledge Economy" due to a substantial increase in the accessibility of information, leading individuals to become more knowledgeable and well-rounded. Given the fact that irrespective of the field of study, knowledge eventually decays, more women in the 21st century have been at the forefront extending the frontiers of knowledge in the field of STEMM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Medicine) - engaging in rigorous research and making significant contributions in the field. Letting their voices heard through their well-researched published studies is a significant way of encouraging other upcoming women scientist and bringing advances in disease diagnosis to achieve SDG3. The contributions in this book aim to increase visibility of women in the field of science and to serve as a source of inspiration to everyone.
Daughter of a Hausa farmer and Koranic teacher, Baba became Mary Smith's friend in 1949, when M. G. and Mary Smith were engaged in fieldwork in Nigeria. In daily sessions for several weeks Baba dictated her life story, which Mrs. Smith has translated from the Hausa. The old woman's memories reached back to the days of slave raids and interstate warfare before the British occupation, and she has left a fascinating and valuable record of Hausa life in the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. Baba describes Hausa male-oriented society from a woman's point of view, narrating not only her own life history but stories of other women who were close to her. She tells of Hausa...
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