African Women and Intellectual Leadership: Life Stories from Western Kenya (ISSN)

Synopsis

This book highlights the pioneering roles of African women as leaders and role models in Kenya, providing examples taken from across education, health, business, and a range of other sectors. Drawing on authentic first-hand accounts and narratives from key women in leadership positions, and those who have lived with them, the book presents the life stories of women leaders over the last fifty years, aiming to preserve their contributions for posterity and to inspire young people with moral, ethical, and progressive role models. The book uses African knowledge production strategies that look at the human being holistically, in the prism of Ubuntu, in order to define leadership in Africa from an African perspective, one that celebrates the role of the mother figure and places women at the centre of African values and societal dynamics. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of African studies, gender studies, and Kenyan education and socio-political history.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781003857914

Related ISBNs:

9781003857877, 9781003294924, 9781032279893

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

02/28/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi, Emily Achieng’ Akuno, Humphrey Jeremiah Ojwang and Dannica Fleuss

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Politics and Government

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi

Edited by:

Emily Achieng’ Akuno

Edited by:

Humphrey J. Ojwang

Edited by:

Dannica Fleuss