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Gender and Entrepreneurship in Angola: Narratives of the ‘Muambeiras’ of Lubango

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The financial and economic situation of most African countries forces individuals to create their own jobs in order to generate some sort of income for themselves and their families. This chapter presents a study that aims to look into the entrepreneurial experiences of a particular group of female entrepreneurs from Lubango, Angola: the Muambeiras . After conducting interviews with a small group of Muambeiras, five life stories were analysed to illustrate the gender difficulties these women must overcome to do business, as well as the importance of business practice as a way of dealing with gender discrimination . This study contributes to a greater understanding of gender and entrepreneurship , through an account of the diversity of how women carry out entrepreneurship and how they deal with gender discrimination . Moreover, it contributes to redefine policies that can support these women’s business activities and acknowledge their important roles in the community.

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  1. Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Evanice Nadya & Emilia Fernandes

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Nadya, E., Fernandes, E. (2017). Gender and Entrepreneurship in Angola: Narratives of the ‘Muambeiras’ of Lubango. In: Machado, C., Davim, J. (eds) Managing Organizational Diversity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54925-5_6

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