The transformation of Kikuyu women and their nationalism

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Title:	The transformation of Kikuyu women and their nationalism
Author:	Presley, Cora Ann
Year:	1989
Pages:	317
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Ann Arbor, MI
Publisher:	University Microfilms International
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	nationalism Kikuyu women dissertations (form)
Abstract:	The thesis of this study is that there was a transformation of the roles for Kikuyu women in Kenya from 1880 to 1962 and this occurred because of their significant, measurable and recorded involvement in the nationalist movement from the 1920s through the 'Mau Mau' period. Women's roles were affected and the nationalist movement itself was enlarged. Women's involvement changed Kikuyu political protest in two ways. First, the incidents of protest and the range of issues joined by the political agitators grew. Second, the parameters which had previously defined women's roles in traditional society broke apart.