Tabitha M Kanogo

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At home, she had to contend with the heavy burden of African womanhood: she tried to “emulate the domestic subservience and self-effacing behavior that typified the 'good' African woman” (p.

African Womanhood is deeply imbedded in Kenyan colonial archives, the historiography of Kenya, and combines and analyzes rich individual accounts of Kenyan women. Kanogo brings the reader back in time by juxtaposing Maathai's major life events and achievements with the sociohistorical context of Kenya. The book is structured around Maathai’s life stages, focusing on milestones and noteworthy events within each chapter.An activist most of her adult life in Kenya, Maathai paid heavily for her outspoken and at times biting criticism of the government. The pertinent institutions and practices include the legal and cultural status of women, clitoridectomy, dowry, marriage, maternity and motherhood, and formal education. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. Women and Mau Mau in Kenya, with an introductory essay by Jean O’Barr (London: Macmillan Education). Kanogo also demonstrates the link that Maathai saw between political corruption and environmental degradation.

The story of Mohammed Mathu, (Richmond Canada): LSM Information Centre, Life Histories from the Revolution series. By following the effects of the all-pervasive ideological shifts that colonialism produced in the lives of women, the study investigates the diverse ways in which a woman's personhood was enhanced, diminished, or placed in ambiguous predicaments by the consequences, intended and unintended, of colonial rule as administered by both the colonizers and the colonized. Mwangi-wa-Githumo (1981) Land and Nationalism: The Impact of Land Appropriation and Land Grievances upon the Rise and Development of Nationalist Movements in Kenya, 1895–1939 (Washington D.To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. first two chapters set up the foundational argument of the book: that there is no monolithic portrayal of African women’s status and identity in colonial Kenya, but that individual strategies and engagements with figures of authority resulted in varied ideological and geographical migrations. Focusing upon the law, missions, schools, marriage and the household, Kanogo explores the myriad of responses by women to colonialism.

Maathai transformed the lives and worldviews of millions of people across socioeconomic and geographic divides, helping some of them overcome their impoverished and dejected livelihoods to become ardent conservationists empowered to improve their lot in life. Seiten Gutes Exemplar, geringe Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Schnitt/Papier nachgedunkelt, innen alles in Ordnung; Good copy, light signs of previous use, cover/dust jacket shows some rubbing/wear, edges/text pages show yellowing/darkening, interior in good condition 221222ah90 ISBN: 9780852550199 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 297. Francesca Booker, Hilary Allison, Fleur Nash, and Annette Green, Women, Girls and Biodiversity Loss: An Evidence and Policy Review (London: DEFRA, 2022), www. When she joined her department, she was the only female faculty member, meaning she had to cope with a male-dominated culture. However, the professionalization and feminization of maternity employment in the 1930s and 1940s demonstrated how Kenyan women traversed geographic and ideological boundaries in shaping maternity.Despite population increases, land alienation for settler agriculture, and the freezing of boundaries, families had to share the same pieces of land, which became increasingly degraded over time. If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society. The transformations that resulted from these reworkings involved the negotiation and redefinition of the meaning of individual liberties and of women's agency, along with the reconceptualization of kinship relations and of community. Oxford: James Currey Publishers; Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press; Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers, 2005. With a focus on the few highly educated, Christian women, there is a tendency throughout to stress the historical specificity of the colonial period.