Among the Igbo of Nigeria:
a. men and women each had separate, autonomous spheres of political activity.
b. women were bought and sold as slaves.
c. women were imprisoned in their homes and allowed out only on marketing days.
d. men and women lived in separate villages.
e. men had no political role in the village, which was controlled and ruled by women.
a
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