Tabitha M Kanogo

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The codification of dowry was part of a broader attempt, described in the fifth chapter, to make marriage more recognizable to European eyes. Continuing her fight for social justice, Maathai joined the pro-democracy movement and focused on overthrowing Moi's authoritarian regime.

As an activist and ambassador for environmental conservation and ecological sustainability, she spurred a movement that gained a global following. Chapter two examines young women’s sexuality and community and state efforts to control their sexuality from the eve of colonial rule through the 1920s. Entwining archival material and oral testimony, Kanogo emphasizes women's 'opportunities for physical and cultural migration from old ways of life to new ones' (p.While Kanogo’s writing style and structure choice are simple and straightforward, the information is at times repetitive. She has taken a holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women’s rights in particular. Of all the processes of rapid social change, the final chapter demonstrates education had the greatest transformative effect for young women, but was a common site of contestation between male heads of households and their junior female relatives. This activism put her on a collision course with the Kenyan government from 1978 to 2002, as the regime became increasingly authoritarian and corrupt and progressively failed to deliver basic services to the majority of the population. She implies that Europeans and African elders seem to have conspired to oppress women legally, so that "under the colonial administration .

She married an aspiring politician during her postgraduate studies and had three children after obtaining her degree in 1971. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-1950 », Cahiers d’études africaines, 187-188 | 2007, 785-786. She believed that it was not a matter for tomorrow and that the environment is [an] everyday issue .The emergence of individualism amongst Kenyan women and girls, Kanogo argues, involved “normative and geographical migration” (p. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax).