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Book Synopsis The First Woman by : Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Download or read book The First Woman written by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In Jennifer Makumbi, we have a giant of literature living among us.' Peter Kalu, Jhalak Prize Judge Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards, 2021 'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-Lodge A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, BBC CULTURE & IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR At once epic and deeply personal, the second novel from prize-winning author Jennifer Makumbi is an intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism that will linger in the memory long after the final page. As Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her search will take her away from the safety of her prosperous Ugandan family, plunging her into a very different world of magic, tradition, and the haunting legend of 'The First Woman'.
Book Synopsis In Idi Amin’s Shadow by : Alicia C. Decker
Download or read book In Idi Amin’s Shadow written by Alicia C. Decker and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Idi Amin’s Shadow is a rich social history examining Ugandan women’s complex and sometimes paradoxical relationship to Amin’s military state. Based on more than one hundred interviews with women who survived the regime, as well as a wide range of primary sources, this book reveals how the violence of Amin’s militarism resulted in both opportunities and challenges for women. Some assumed positions of political power or became successful entrepreneurs, while others endured sexual assault or experienced the trauma of watching their brothers, husbands, or sons “disappeared” by the state’s security forces. In Idi Amin’s Shadow considers the crucial ways that gender informed and was informed by the ideology and practice of militarism in this period. By exploring this relationship, Alicia C. Decker offers a nuanced interpretation of Amin’s Uganda and the lives of the women who experienced and survived its violence. Each chapter begins with the story of one woman whose experience illuminates some larger theme of the book. In this way, it becomes clear that the politics of military rule were highly relevant to women and gender relations, just as the politics of gender were central to militarism. By drawing upon critical security studies, feminist studies, and violence studies, Decker demonstrates that Amin’s dictatorship was far more complex and his rule much more strategic than most observers have ever imagined.
Book Synopsis Women and Politics in Uganda by : Aili Mari Tripp
Download or read book Women and Politics in Uganda written by Aili Mari Tripp and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uganda has attracted much attention and political visibility for its significant economic recovery after a catastrophic decline. In her groundbreaking book, Aili Mari Tripp provides extensive data and analysis of patterns of political behavior and institutions by focusing on the unique success of indigenous women’s organizations. Tripp explores why the women’s movement grew so dramatically in such a short time after the National Resistant Movement took over in 1986. Unlike many African countries where organizations and institutions are controlled by a ruling party or regime, the Ugandan women’s movement gained its momentum by remaining autonomous.
Book Synopsis Girl Soldier by : Faith J. H. McDonnell
Download or read book Girl Soldier written by Faith J. H. McDonnell and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several decades a brutal army of rebels has been raiding villages in northern Uganda, kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers or wives of commanders. More than 30,000 children have been abducted over the last twenty years and forced to commit unspeakable crimes. Grace Akallo was one of these. Her story, which is the story of many Ugandan children, recounts her terrifying experience. This unforgettable book--with historical background and insights from Faith McDonnell, one of the clearest voices in the church today calling for freedom and justice--will inspire readers around the world to take notice, pray, and work to end this tragedy.
Book Synopsis Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda by : Amanda Ellis
Download or read book Gender and Economic Growth in Uganda written by Amanda Ellis and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men and women both play significant, though different, economic roles in Uganda (both contribute around 50% of GDP and women are 39% of business owners). Gender inequality in access to and control of productive assets and resources acts as a brake to women's economic participation and limits economic growth. Labor and time constraints differentially affect women's and men's capacity to engage in business activity, with significant consequences for agricultural productivity in the context of strategic exports. It is therefore important for Uganda to unleash the full productive potential of fema.
Book Synopsis The Women's Movement in Uganda by : Aili Mari Tripp
Download or read book The Women's Movement in Uganda written by Aili Mari Tripp and published by Fountain Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women's movements in Uganda flourished in the mid-eighties, influencing diverse spheres of life. They have since become exemplary in Africa, and have led many advances in women's rights. The contributors of this book look at the achievements of the movements from their roots in the post-independence period to the contemporary moment. Themes include: women's activism in colonial Uganda; contributions to girls' education; women's agency in business and the economy; women in agriculture, and the struggle for land; and women's role in conflict resolution, religious institutions, and the media, The book also contains sections on women's writing and publishing and the importance of creative work for wider female independence and self-determination, an overview of women's studies/research 1986- 2001, and brief biographies of Ugandan women leaders.
Book Synopsis When Hens Begin To Crow by : Sylvia Tamale
Download or read book When Hens Begin To Crow written by Sylvia Tamale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among African countries, Uganda is unique in its affirmative action program for women. In the late 1980s, President Yoweri Museveni announced his belief that Uganda's successful development depended on increased gender equity and backed his opinions by setting several women-centered policies in motion, including a 1989 rule that at least 39 seats in the Ugandan parliament be reserved for women.In this fascinating study, based on in-depth interviews with both male and female parliamentarians, women in nongovernmental organizations, and rural residents of Uganda, Sylvia Tamale explores how women's participation in Ugandan politics has unfolded and what the impact has been for gender equity. The book examines how women have adapted their legislative strategies for empowerment in light of Uganda's patriarchal history and social structure. The author also looks at the consequences and implications of women's parliamentary participation as a result of affirmative action handed down by the president, rather than pushed up from a grassroots movement.Although focusing on Uganda, Tamale's study is relevant to other African and non-African countries grappling with the twin challenges of democracy and development.
Book Synopsis Women, Mission and Church in Uganda by : Elizabeth Dimock
Download or read book Women, Mission and Church in Uganda written by Elizabeth Dimock and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A note on orthography and semantics -- A note on primary sources -- Introduction -- PART I Imperial awakenings -- 1 Women, the Church Missionary Society and imperialism -- 2 'In journeyings oft': missionary journeys to and around Uganda at the end of the nineteenth century -- PART II Arrivals -- 3 'Welcome' encounters: early relations with Ugandans -- 4 Female missionaries and moral authority: a case study from Toro -- PART III Mission and Church -- 5 Ugandan women and the Church: generational change -- 6 The experience of women in mission and Church organisations -- 7 Training for motherhood: the Mothers' Union -- PART IV Tensions within -- 8 A Christian women's protest in Buganda in 1931 -- 9 Tensions within the Uganda Mission: gender and patriarchy -- Conclusion: links - 1895-1960s -- Index
Book Synopsis Voices of African Women by : Johanna Bond
Download or read book Voices of African Women written by Johanna Bond and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voices of African Women is a collection of essays by accomplished women's rights lawyers from Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. In the last decade, women's human rights have been the focus of significant attention at the international level. There remains, however, a dearth of information concerning the application and relevance of international norms at grassroots levels within Africa. There are few works about women's human rights within Africa that are actually written by African women lawyers and human rights activists. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of women in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania; it describes -- in their own words -- the challenges these activists face in implementing international human rights norms at the local and national levels. "The contributors are a unique set of talented analysts... Introductions for each chapter are by Johanna Bond, whose precise summaries and analyses of the topics systematize what would otherwise be repetitive evidence found in similar circumstances in these African countries. Summing Up: Recommended." -- CHOICE Magazine, November 2005 "The book is well worth space on...professionals' bookshelves." -- African Studies Association, 2006 "The book is useful and essential reading for anyone interested in women's rights in Africa. This has to be the most detailed and up-to-date book on women's rights in this region." -- Modern African Studies
Book Synopsis Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda by : Allen Kiconco
Download or read book Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda written by Allen Kiconco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what happened when the tens of thousands of girls (now women) abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Drawing on extensive original research, the author considers the challenges which the formerly abducted women have encountered upon their return, the strategies which have been used to aid their reintegration, and the enduring stigma of abduction which they continue to suffer from. The author demonstrates that ‘home’, a place of hope and comfort, can also be a hostile environment which leaves formerly abducted women in precarious and vulnerable situations. The many shortcomings in the reintegration process have serious implications for the prospects of post-conflict reconstruction. Analysing reintegration as a long-term and dynamic process which involves complex negotiations and exchanges between hosting communities and formerly abducted women, this book will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict.
Book Synopsis I Dare to Say by : Hilda Twongyeirwe
Download or read book I Dare to Say written by Hilda Twongyeirwe and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the real-life experiences of contemporary African women who tell of atrocities, pain, motherhood, marriage, love, and courage in their daily life, this gripping collection brings greater awareness to a continuing struggle. Denied a voice by their own culture for centuries, these women speak out for the first time, sharing poignant tales of abuse and womanhood robbed, revealing their methods of survival, and divulging their dreams for themselves and their children. A girl describes hiding under a blanket from the Lord's Resistance Army in search of child brides; a woman speaks of her family abuse and rejection followed by the deaths of her child and partner only to learn later that the father of her child was already married with eight children and had AIDS. Dramatic, sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, this is the first book to truly show what it means to be a 21st-century African woman.
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Download or read book Gender and Economic Growth in Kenya written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the legal, administrative, and regulatory barriers that are preventing women in Kenya from contributing fully to the Kenyan economy. Building on the 2004 FIAS Improving the Commercial Legal Framework and Removing Administrative and Regulatory Barriers to Investment report, this study looks at the bureaucratic barriers facing women in Kenya through a gender lens.
Book Synopsis Just Die Quietly, Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda by : Lisa Karanja
Download or read book Just Die Quietly, Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda written by Lisa Karanja and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2003 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossroads written by Christopher Conte and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are rooted in their culture's rich traditions, yet they stand at the cutting edge of change. This is the crossroads where many Ugandan women find themselves today. With dignity and grace, they play a complex social role, balancing worldly sophistication with reverence for the values of their upbringing. In Crossroads, a group of these women explore the past that shaped them and the future they hope to build, telling varied stories about a rapidly changing society where they serve both as guardians of culture and harbingers of reform. While one woman examines the cultural implications of Ugandan names, another describes being tortured in a secret prison, and a third traces the mix of African and imported religions that shaped her. One mocks girls' traditional sex education, while another voices her love of sports and a third reflects on her struggle to overcome a legacy of growing up in a war zone. All challenge social expectations, yet many view "modernization" with ambivalence. Covering topics from sex roles to western ideas of "development," this compelling picture of the lives of women in today's Uganda, sometimes funny and sometimes tragic, provides powerful testimony to the strength of the human spirit.
Book Synopsis Women and Politics in Uganda by : Aili Mari Tripp
Download or read book Women and Politics in Uganda written by Aili Mari Tripp and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Some African Highways by : Caroline Kirkland
Download or read book Some African Highways written by Caroline Kirkland and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Profiles of Eminent Women in Uganda by : Uganda. Women's Situation Room
Download or read book Profiles of Eminent Women in Uganda written by Uganda. Women's Situation Room and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
