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This is altogether a most worthwhile book, a fine example of a growing genre of African literature... -- ChoiceMirza and Strobel let these women speak about their lives in their own words, and the results are wonderful.... This is an excellent book with which to introduce students both to Africa and to life histories... -- American Historical ReviewThis exploration of the lives of three Mombasa women reveals the complexity of Swahili society -- its ethnic diversity, the impact of slavery, and the varied reactions to colonialism and Western culture. They illustrate the rich interactions within the womens community, focused on family and festive or ritual occasions.
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Three Swahili Women : Life Histories From Mombasa, Kenya
author
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publisher
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Indiana University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0253288541
print isbn13
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9780253288547
ebook isbn13
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9780585000886
language
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English
subject
Women--Kenya--Mombasa--History, Muslim women--Kenya--Mombasa--Biography, Sociology--Biographical methods.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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HQ1796.5.W3613 1989eb
ddc
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305.4/2/0967623
subject
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Women--Kenya--Mombasa--History, Muslim women--Kenya--Mombasa--Biography, Sociology--Biographical methods.
Page i
THREE SWAHILI WOMEN
Page ii
Map 1. The Indian Ocean
Page iii
THREE SWAHILI WOMEN
LIFE HISTORIES FROM MOMBASA, KENYA
Kaje wa Mwenye Matano Mishi wa Abdala Shamsa Muhamad Muhashamy
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY Sarah Mirza and Margaret Strobel
Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis
Page iv
Copyright 1989 by Margaret Strobel and Sarah Mirza
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wanawake Watatu Waswahili wa Mombasa, Kenya. English. Three Swahili Women: Life Histories from Mombasa, Kenya. Translation of: Wanawake Waswahili Watatu wa Mombasa, Kenya. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. WomenKenyaMombasaHistory. 2. Women, Muslim KenyaMombasaBiography. 3. SociologyBiographical methods. I. Mirza, Sarah, 1951- . II. Strobel, Margaret, 1946- . III. Title. HQ1796.5.W3613 1989 305.4'2'0967623 88-45093 ISBN 0-253-36012-9 ISBN 0-253-28854-1 (pbk.) 3 4 5 6 7 98 97 96 95 94
Page v
Map 2. East Africa
Note: Names of peoples are in italics.
Page vi
Map 3. Mombasa
Page vii
CONTENTS
Preface
ix
Glossary
xii
Introduction
1
I:
Kaje wa Mwenye Matano
Introduction
17
Kinship Diagram
25
My Family
26
Slavery
30
Childhood
41
Husbands and Children
50
Adult Life
61
II:
Mishi wa Abdala
Introduction
69
My Family
74
Puberty Rites, Weddings, and Lelemama
79
Figure 1
87
Figure 2
88
III:
Shamsa Muhamad Muhashamy
Introduction
91
My Early Life and Family
94
My Work in Women's Organizations
102
Appendix: The Translation: Swahili Language and Kimvita Dialect
117
Notes
123
References
145
Index
153
Page ix
PREFACE
This collection of life histories evolved as a joint project of Sarah Mirza and Margaret Strobel over a period of several years. The doctoral dissertation research of which these interviews were a part in 1972-1973 and 1975 was funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad grant and a Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies. The Campus Research Board of the University of Illinois at Chicago funded two trips by Margaret Strobel to Los Angeles to confer with Sarah Mirza. The Office of Social Science Research at UIC provided word processing for most of the English text. The manuscript was completed during Margaret Strobel's tenure as a Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Evelyn Okanya typed the Swahili texts. Special thanks are due to Joan Hoff-Wilson, who had the Swahili typescript scanned onto a computer disk, saving much time and innumerable errors in the separately published Swahili volume.1We also wish to thank the Kenya National Archives for assistance in the research that contributed to the introductions to each chapter. Yale University Press graciously agreed to allow us to use the maps from Margaret Strobel's
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