"We Only Come Here to Struggle" : Stories from Berida's Life / / Berida Ndambuki & Claire C. Robertson

• Autore: Ndambuki Berida <1936->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Disciplina: 967.62/504/092
• Soggetto topico: Grocers - Kenya - Nairobi Region; Women - Kenya - Nairobi Region
• Soggetto geografico: Nairobi Region (Kenya) Biography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RobertsonClaire C. <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-138).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 her spirit. She invokes a many-faceted picture of central Kenyan life in this compelling narrative.
• Altri titoli varianti: Stories from Berida's life
• Titolo autorizzato: "We Only Come Here to Struggle"
• ISBN: 0-253-21366-5; 0-253-01465-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248287003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno