Part I. Defining Girlhoods and Girlhood Studies.- Chapter 1 Ke Ngoanana Oa Mosotho: A Decolonial Feminist Analysis Of Girlhoods In Lesotho.- Chapter 2 Conceptualizing Girlhoods And Girlhood Studies In Africa.- Chapter 3 Producing Girlhood In Africa: Colonialism, Neoliberalism, International Development And The Girl-In-Crisis.- Part II. Historicizing Girlhoods and Girlhood Studies.- Chapter 4 Hamida's Radical Refusal: Enslaved Girlhood And Concubinage In Colonial Zanzibar.
- Chapter 5 Historicizicng The Present: Sexuality Surveillance Discourses Of Young Motherhood In Uganda.- Part III. Case Studies of Girlhoods and Development Studies.- Chapter 6 Children Voices On Systemic Cultural Practices That Reinforce Violence, Injustice, And Inequality Against Girls.- Chapter 7 Leveraging Survey Research To Include Tanzanian Girls' Perspectives In Policy Making: A Vignette Methodology.- Chapter 8 Unraveling Barriers: Exploring Factors Limiting Girls' Academic Attainment In Northern Ghana - A Case Study Of Sissala West.- Chapter 9 Understanding Sexual Harassment And Girlhood In Institutions Of Higher Learning: The Case Of Uganda.- Chapter 10 Abortion As A Muted Reality: Narratives Of Adolescent Girls' Agentive Experiences With Pregnancy Termination.
- Part IV. Truths Of Girlhoods Through Fictions and Augmented Virtual Realities.- Chapter 11 'But I Am Only Fourteen': A Tale Of Turns Sharing Of The Dilemmas Of Girlhood In Contemporary African Fictions Reflecting Truths.- Chapter 12 Visual Violence And Fatal Beauty And The Oppositional Gaze: Black African Girlhood In Mossane And Atlantique.- Chapter 13 Digital Engagements And African Girlhood: How Nigerian Teenage Girls Use Tiktok For Self And Identity Expression.- Part V. Endings For Girlhood Beginnings.- Chapter 14 Questions Towards New Beginnings: Is There A Difference Between 'African' And 'Girl'?.
- Chapter 15 Love At First Sight.