Tabitha Kanogo, African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-50.(Book review)

TABITHA KANOGO, African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-50. Oxford: James Currey (pb 16.95 [pounds sterling]-0 8214 1568 9); Athens, OH: Ohio University Press (pb $24.95-0 8214 1568 9); Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (price not stated), 2005, 272 pp.

This study is an engaging addition to Kenya's social history. Focusing upon the law, missions, schools, marriage and the household, Kanogo explores the myriad of responses by women to colonialism. Entwining archival material and oral testimony, Kanogo emphasizes women's 'opportunities for physical and cultural migration ...

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