Worries of the Heart

Informationen zum Autor Kenda Mutongi is associate professor of history at Williams College. Klappentext Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first! rates of widowhood have been remarkably high in Kenya. This book explores how the challenges and frustrations of both colonial rule and independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other! their families! and the larger community. Zusammenfassung Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first! rates of widowhood have been remarkably high in Kenya. This book explores how the challenges and frustrations of both colonial rule and independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other! their families! and the larger community.

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Kenda Mutongi is associate professor of history at Williams College.

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Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, rates of widowhood have been remarkably high in Kenya. This book explores how the challenges and frustrations of both colonial rule and independence shaped the lives of Maragoli widows and their complex relations with each other, their families, and the larger community.