Muslim women in postcolonial Kenya : leadership, representation, and social change / Ousseina D. Alidou.
"In education, journalism, legislative politics, social justice, health, law, and other arenas, Muslim women across Kenya are emerging as leaders in local, national, and international contexts, advancing reforms through their activism. Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya draws on extensive inter...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Madison, Wisconsin :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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| Summary: | "In education, journalism, legislative politics, social justice, health, law, and other arenas, Muslim women across Kenya are emerging as leaders in local, national, and international contexts, advancing reforms through their activism. Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya draws on extensive interviews with six such women, revealing how their religious and moral beliefs shape reform movements that bridge ethnic divides and foster alliances in service of creating a just, multicultural, multiethnic, and multireligious democratic citizenship."--Publisher website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 225 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1306046688 9781306046688 9780299294632 0299294633 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |