Robertson argued that,
before colonialism, age was
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a more important indicator
(5)
of status and authority than
colonialism imposed
European-style male-
(10)
dominant notions upon
more egalitarian local
situations to the detriment
of women generally, and
gender became a defining
(15)
characteristic that weak-
ened women’s power and
authority.
Subsequent research in Kenya convinced Robertsoning authority.
In contrast with
traded for hundreds of years
and achieved legal majority
(30)
(not unrelated phenomena),
the evidence regarding
central Kenya indicated that
women were legal minors
and were sometimes treated
(35)
as male property, as were
European women at that
time.
Factors like strong
patrilinearity and patrilocality,
as well as women’s inferior
(40)
land rights and lesser
involvement in trade, made
women more dependent on
men than was generally the
case in Ghana.
(45)
since age apparently
remained the overriding
principle of social organiza-
tion in central Kenya, somesenior women had much
(50)
authority.
Thus, Robertson
revised her hypothesis
somewhat, arguing that
in determining authority in
precolonial Africa age was a
(55)
primary principle that super-
seded gender to varying
degrees depending on the
situation.
9. GWD29-Q6:
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