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African Women and the Shame and Pain of Infertility

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In African Women and the Shame and Pain of Infertility: An Ethico-Cultural Study of Christian Response to Childlessness among the Igbo People of West Africa, Okoro discusses the shipwreck that is associated with infertility in marriage in Africa. Within this space, childlessness places a big question mark on a woman's femininity and the self-esteem of the man. The stigma of infertility most often leads to social isolation and humiliation, particularly of married women, even when the source of infertility may not have come from them. Unfortunately, this situation goes against the highly valued Igbo ethical principle of onye aghala nwanne ya, meaning ""no kith or kin should be left behind."" Therefore, the purpose of the book is to help married people in Igbo land and Africa at large to appropriate this indigenous principle in their response to the problem of infertility. To attain this, the author critically evaluates discrimination and oppression of infertile couples, particularly women, and shedding light on the paradoxes found in Igbo cultural expressions. He employs a constructive, ethical, cultural, religious, contextual, and theological approach that explores important Igbo religious paradigms like Chi (an Igbo religio-cultural understanding of personal destiny) and Ani (the feminine deity in-charge of the land and fertility) to argue the case for the liberation and integration of infertile couples.

Author Biography:

Damasus Okoro is a Spiritan priest of the Province of Nigeria, Southeast. Ordained in 2001, he has done pastoral ministry in Nigeria, Pakistan, and the United States. He earned a BA degree in religious studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2000); an MA in theology from the Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh (2002); an MA in bioethics from Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois (2014); and a ThM and PhD in ethics from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (2016 and 2019).
Release date NZ
June 24th, 2020
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Foreword by Stan Chu Ilo
Pages
214
Dimensions
152x229x13
ISBN-13
9781725265691
Product ID
33615172

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