We Only Come Here to Struggle : Stories from Berida's Life /
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2000]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.