African Womanhood In Colonial Kenya: 1900-1950 (Eastern African Studies) [Paperback]

Tabitha Kanogo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2005 | Series: Eastern African Studies

"This is the most interesting general Kenyan social history that I have had the pleasure to read for many years. It fills a large gap in the colonial history of Kenyan women as they negotiated changes in the most domestic areas of their experience. Within a broad analysis of colonial opportunities for physical, social and educational mobility, Kanogo shows how African and British male authorities tried, with uncertain opinions and from different perspectives, to control female initiatives, and how, to varying degrees, women managed to achieve increasing measures of control over their own lives."—John Lonsdale, Trinity College, Cambridge

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A most important and readable book, which is meticulously documented and explores the complexity of women's experiences in colonial Kenya. ...A superb study. THE HISTORIAN This book is a massive undertaking and will be of interest to scholars in the fields of women, gender and colonialism, Kenyan history, East African history, and colonialism in Africa. CAHIERS D'ETUDES AFRICAINES Should appear on the reading lists of scholars of Kenya and of women in Africa. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Tabitha Kanogo is an associate professor of history at the University of California in Berkeley. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ohio University Press; 1 edition (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821415689
• ISBN-13: 978-0821415689
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,184,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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