This article will investigate whether the African tradition of suspecting women of killing their husbands is warranted and will also make suggestions on what can be done to deal with such beliefs.
This issue set out to explore diaspora feminist engagements with the idea and reality of Africa: the gendered experiences of diaspora populations and the influence of the diaspora on gender relations and feminist engagements within Africa. With the following articles: 'The relevance of black feminist scholarship: a Caribbean perspective' by Violet Eudine Barriteau : 'A feminist review of the idea of Africa in Caribbean family studies' by Theresa Ann Rajack-Talley : 'Racial and gender inequality in Latin America: Afro-descendent women respond' by Helen I. Safa : 'Con-di-fi-cation': Black women, leadership and political power' by Carole Boyce Davies : 'The trek for a sense of belonging' by Annecka Leolyn Marshall : 'Fashioning women for a brave new world: gender, ethnicity and literary representation' by Paula Morgan : 'A tribute to Coretta Scott King: 1927–2006' by Simidele Dosekun : and 'A triangular trade in gender and visuality: the making of a cross-cultural image-base' by Patricia Mohammed.