Women especially leaders holding ttettes with men to address political impasses have been recognized as shrewd double headed or witchlike distinctions that link them with juju or extraordinary survivalist powers. Juju Fission Womens Alternative Fictions from the Sahara the Kalahari and the Oases InBetween is a theoretical and analytical book on African women writers that focuses on seven representative novels from different parts of Africa Bessie Heads Maru South AfricaBotswana Nawal El Saadawis Woman at Point Zero Egypt Ama Ata Aidoos Our Sister Killjoy or Reflections from a BlackEyed Squint and Changes Ghana Assia Djebars A Sister to Scheherazade Algeria Calixthe Beyalas The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me Cameroon and Yvonne Veras Nehanda Zimbabwe. In her analysis Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi demonstrates how women are viewed and how they operate in critical times.