The Ahfad Journal: Women and Change
Vol. 19, No. 1 (June, 2002)

Author	Article Title	Page
Ahmed M A/Magied	Editor’s Note	1
Lillian Temu Osaki	Madness in Black Women’s Writing. Reflections From Four Texts: A Question of Power, Joys of Motherhood, Anowa and Processing the Secret of Joy	4
Ahmed M. A/Magied and Suad Musa Ahmed	Sexual Experiences and Psychosexual Effect of Female Genetal Mutilation (FGM) or Female Circumcision (FC) on Sudanese Women	21
Sidiga Washi	Family Issues and Concerns in Africa: A Home Economics Perspective	30
Balghis Badri	Ahfad University for Women’s Experiences in Introducing Women and Gender Studies: The Challenges of 21st Century	41

This issue also contains abstracts of five papers prepared by Ahfad students:

Malka Ibrahim A/Kareem Haggam. (2001). Women development machinery in Sudan over three decades. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education.
Ghada Abdellati. (2001). The history and development of women in clerical work in Sudan. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education.
Stella Drate Pasquale and Esterina Bojo Tranquillo. (2001). Critical analysis on the role of mixed farming system in agricultural development, a case study: Southern Sudan (Terkaka). School of Rural Extension Education and Development.
Julinar Mo’Awia Dardiri. (2001). Reasons behind low utilization of antenatal care services at Al Amir locality. School of Family Sciences.
Amal Hussein Mohamed. (2000). Poverty, gender dimension and economic policies. M.Sc. Gender and Development Program.