Carole Boyce Davies, an endowed professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English at Cornell University, is a leading scholar of African Diaspora, Black feminist theories and literatures, and Black women's writings internationally.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "I am a Woman's Rights." Power and Parity Politics

Chapter 1: Assuming the Right to Leadership: Black Women and Political Power

Chapter 2: Feminist Literary Leadership in African Women's Writing

Chapter 3: Alternative President: Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela's Challenge

Chapter 4: "Yes. We Want the Power!" "Writing African Women's Political Leadership with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Wangari Maathai

Chapter 5: Black Women Lead the Desire for a Transformed United States: The Pivotal Role of Shirley Chisholm.

Chapter 6: Advancing Global Leadership Paradigms from the Caribbean

Chapter 7: Marielle Franco and Black Left Feminist Leadership in Brazil

Appendix: Conversations with Black Women on Political Leadership

Bibliography

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