Gender Violence and the Press: The St. Kizito Story Volume 67

by H. Leslie Steeves

On the night of Saturday, July 13, 1991, a mob of male students at the St. Kizito Mixed Secondary School in Meru, Kenya, attacked their female classmates in a dormitory. Nineteen schoolgirls were killed in the melee and more than 70 were raped or gang raped. The explanations in the press for the attack included a rebellion by male students over administrative mismanagement, academic stress, cultural norms for the Meru ethnic group, and victim characteristics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801950
• ISBN13: 9780896801950
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"