Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genre et fondamentalismes en Afrique: une introduction / Fatou So w -- Religion, culture et politique : relire les fondamentalismes / Fatou Sow -- Fundamentalism and the challenge to women's human r ights / Karima Bennoune -- Genre et défis des fondamentalismes en Afrique / Fatou Sow -- Genre et fondamentalismes culturels et religieux en Afrique / Albertine Tshibilondi Ngoyi -- Évolution des rôles sans évolution du statut : souffrance et stratégies in soupçonnées des femmes de la banlieue dakaroise / Rosalie Macchi a-Samba -- "Femmes soyez soumises" : perception et limite de l'appli cation des mesures de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes en m ilieu conjugal en République démocratique du Congo / Francine Sh ako Obonga -- Des figures féminines "scandaleuses" au Sénégal : une tension entre subjectivation transgressive et conformisme aux val eurs culturelles fondamentales / Awa Diop -- Sexualité et procr éation des femmes atteintes du VIH/SIDA à Yaoundé : entre fondame ntalismes et discours médical / Moustapha Moncher Nsangou Mbouembo ue -- L'impasse sur les droits sexuels dans la lutte des féministe s sénégalaises pour la pénalisation des mutilations génitales f éminines au Sénégal : autocensure ou césure stratégique ? / Maïmouna Ndoye -- Homosexuality and religious fundamentalism i n the Ghanaian Mediascape: clashes between an "un-Godly'' concept and l ived practices / Karine Geoffrion -- Les femmes au sein de l'Ég lise kimbanguiste / Camille Welepele Elatre -- Émergence des fe mmes dans "les Églises dites de réveil" à Yaoundé (Cameroun) / Érick Zackarie Endémé Tsamenyé -- Cultural fundamentalis m and gender disparity / Chidiebere Onwutuebe -- Understanding wo men's participation in politics and decision-making: the case of Namibi a's 2009 elections / Michael Conteh -- Women and politics in post colonial Swaziland through the prism of the Kwetfula-Marula ceremony / Hellen Promise Mhlanga -- Terrorism and counterterrorism in east ern Africa: concerns for Muslim women in Kenya / Alfred Anangwe.

When, why and how can religion and culture be both sources and place s of expression for fundamentalisms, particularly in relation to politi cs? Those are the central questions asked throughout this book alongsid e a discussion on the result when religion, strenthened by culture, is used as a political tool to access moral and social power. Cultural and religious messages often form the basis of decisions, laws and program s made in politics, and have a direct effect on society in general, and on women and gender relations in particular. The various forms taken b y fundamentalisms in some African countries and the contexts under whic h they have emerged, the ways in which they (re)shape identities and re lationships between men and women are also analysed in this book. These fundamentalisms are frequently sources of concern in social debates, i n feminist and feminine organizations as well as in academia and politi cs. The manipulation of cultures and religions are becoming progressive ly political, and consequently can cause social discrimination, or even physical, moral, and symbolic violence.