LEADER 02869oam 22006374a 450 001 996248287003316 005 20240402054619.0 010 $a0-253-21366-5 010 $a0-253-01465-4 024 7 $a2027/heb31728 035 $a(CKB)2550000001191496 035 $a(EBL)1619922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001108936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12436480 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11108997 035 $a(PQKB)11056693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1619922 035 $a(OCoLC)870273095 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34673 035 $a(dli)HEB31728 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000301 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001191496 100 $a19990916d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a"We Only Come Here to Struggle" $eStories from Berida's Life /$fBerida Ndambuki & Claire C. Robertson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2000] 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-33701-1 311 $a1-306-39668-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-138). 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS; INTRODUCTION; 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; UPDATE AND ANALYSIS: 1999; POSTSCRIPT: OUR RELATIONS: ON FRIENDSHIP AND CROSS-CULTURAL (MIS) UNDERSTANDING; BIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aHere 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 her spirit. She invokes a many-faceted picture of central Kenyan life in this compelling narrative. 517 3 $aStories from Berida's life 606 $aGrocers$zKenya$zNairobi Region$vBiography 606 $aWomen$zKenya$zNairobi Region$vBiography 607 $aNairobi Region (Kenya)$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGrocers 615 0$aWomen 676 $a967.62/504/092 700 $aNdambuki$b Berida$f1936-$01008818 701 $aRobertson$b Claire C.$f1944-$01008819 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248287003316 996 $a"We Only Come Here to Struggle"$92327705 997 $aUNISA