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Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya

Kenda Mutongi

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Description:Growing up in the Maragoli community in Kenya, Kenda Mutongi encountered a perplexing contradiction. While the young teachers at her village school railed against colonialism, many of her elders, including her widowed mother, praised their former British masters. In this moving book, Mutongi explores how both the challenges and contradictions of colonial rule and the frustrations and failures of independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other, their families, and the larger community.aaaaaaaaaaa Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, rates of widowhood have been remarkably high in Kenya. Yet despite their numbers, widows and their families exist at the margins of society, and their lives act as a barometer for the harsh realities of rural Kenya. Mutongi here argues that widows survive by publicly airing their social, economic, and political problems, their OC worries of the heart.OCO Initially aimed at the men in their community, and then their colonial rulers, this strategy changed after independence as widows increasingly invoked the language of citizenship to demand their rights from the new leaders of KenyaOColeaders whose failure to meet the needs of ordinary citizens has led to deep disenchantment and altered KenyansOCO view of their colonial past. An innovative blend of ethnography and historical research, "Worries of the Heart" is a poignant narrative rich with insights into postcolonial Africa."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya. To get started finding Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 274

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226554228

Description: Growing up in the Maragoli community in Kenya, Kenda Mutongi encountered a perplexing contradiction. While the young teachers at her village school railed against colonialism, many of her elders, including her widowed mother, praised their former British masters. In this moving book, Mutongi explores how both the challenges and contradictions of colonial rule and the frustrations and failures of independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other, their families, and the larger community.aaaaaaaaaaa Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, rates of widowhood have been remarkably high in Kenya. Yet despite their numbers, widows and their families exist at the margins of society, and their lives act as a barometer for the harsh realities of rural Kenya. Mutongi here argues that widows survive by publicly airing their social, economic, and political problems, their OC worries of the heart.OCO Initially aimed at the men in their community, and then their colonial rulers, this strategy changed after independence as widows increasingly invoked the language of citizenship to demand their rights from the new leaders of KenyaOColeaders whose failure to meet the needs of ordinary citizens has led to deep disenchantment and altered KenyansOCO view of their colonial past. An innovative blend of ethnography and historical research, "Worries of the Heart" is a poignant narrative rich with insights into postcolonial Africa."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya. To get started finding Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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