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Here is the life history of Berida Ndambuki, a Kenyan woman trader born in 1936, who speaks movingly of her experiences under the turbulences of late British colonialism and independence. A poverty survivor, Berida overcame patriarchal constraints to reclaim the rights to her labor, her body, and he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ndambuki, Berida, 1936- (Autor), Robertson, Claire C., 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2000]
Colección:Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books.
Temas:
Ndambuki, Berida, > 1936-
Women > Kenya > Nairobi Region > Biography.
Grocers > Kenya > Nairobi Region > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
HISTORY / Africa / General
Grocers
Women
Erlebnisbericht
Frau
Femmes > Kenya > Nairobi (région) > Biographies.
Frau.
Nairobi Region (Kenya) > Biography.
Kenya
Kenya > Nairobi Region
Kenia
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "I Am Berida Ndambuki" : Childhood, Family, and Initiation
  • 2. "No woman can know what will happen to her in marriage" : Marriage, Children, and Survival
  • 3. "Now I was in business": Work : From Kathonzweni to Nairobi
  • 4. "The Akamba are a peaceloving people" : Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics
  • 5. "I ask myself, why did I have my children?" : Life and Death
  • Postscript: Our Relations : On Friendship and Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understanding.

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