{"product_id":"women-writing-africa-the-eastern-region-9781558615342","title":"Women Writing Africa: The Eastern Region","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amandina Lihamba | Fulata L. Moyo | Mugaybuso M. Mulokozi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Africa - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneering work of cultural reclamation more than a decade in preparation, \u003ci\u003eWomen Writing Africa, Volume III: The Eastern Region\u003c\/i\u003e collects more than a 100 texts dating back to 1711, each introduced with short notes. In the 1960s, the five countries represented--Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia--achieved independence. Women made historic contributions in the resistance struggles and later during the process of development, as entries from activists and eloquent members of parliament attest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume boasts entries of uncommon historical interest including two rare texts by former slave women; a 1711 letter written by a woman who ruled a large Muslim domain; a mid-19th-century Muslim epic poem, freshly translated; a Christian hymn dating to 1890; and a memoir by a Mau Mau general. The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and the first African woman named a Nobel laureate, concludes the volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Kiswahili is the dominant language of the region, along with English, thierty-one other languages have been translated for the volume. Motherhood, education, religion, workforce participation, widows' rights, prostitution, polygamy, circumcision, rebellion, and HIV\/AIDS are some of the subjects examined in fiction, poetry, letters, journalism, oral histories, speeches, and historical documents spanning three centuries.","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999801753751,"sku":"9781558615342","price":1584.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781558615342.webp?v=1783601780","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/women-writing-africa-the-eastern-region-9781558615342","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}