Established in 2004 the Women's Caucus established the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for works in English which prioritize African women’s experiences. The Aidoo-Snyder book prize is awarded by the Women's Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book that prioritizes African women's experiences. Named in honor of Ama Ata Aidoo, the celebrated Ghanaian novelist and short-story writer, and Margaret Snyder the founding Director of UNIFEM, this $500 prize seeks to acknowledge the excellence of contemporary scholarship being produced by women about African women. In alternate years, the prize is awarded for the best scholarly book, or for the best creative work.

The 2005 prize for a scholarly work went to Heidi Nast’s Concubines and Power; the 2006 prize for a creative work, to Yvonne Vera’s The Stone Virgins. This year’s scholarly work prize goes to Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo and Marjorie Keniston McIntosh for their work of history, Women, Work, and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003 (Ohio University Press, 2006). Runner-up is Ousseina Alidou for Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005).