African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-1950: 1900-1950

by Tabitha Kanogo

Book Overview

This book explores the history of African womanhood in colonial Kenya. By focussing on key sociocultural institutions and practices around which the lives of women were organized, and on the protracted debates that surrounded these institutions and practices during the colonial period, it investigates the nature of indigenous, mission, and colonial control of African women.

The pertinent institutions and practices include the legal and cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821415689
• ISBN13: 9780821415689
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"