Women's Agency and Educational Policy: The Experiences of the Women of Kilome, Kenya Book

This book examines rural African women's experiences of education in Kilome, Kenya, providing engrossing, and oftentimes heartbreaking, testimony on the cultural, historical, social, economic, and political factors that have shaped, and continue to shape, women's educational and economic opportunities there. As a Kamba woman who grew up in rural Kenya and as one who received an education in the metropolitan cities of North America, the author presents these women's stories not simply from an insider's perspective, but as one who has shared experiences of the issues discussed in the book. Highlighting the struggles these women face to provide their children - particularly their daughterswith educational opportunities, the author draws attention to the gender and power issues that limit women's participation in the public sphere and illustrates how women in Kenya have been largely absent at the national level where educational policies are formulated.

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Examines rural African women's experiences of education in Kilome, Kenya, looking at cultural, historical, social, economic, and political factors that have shaped women's opportunities there. As a Kamba woman who grew up in rural Kenya and received education in the cities of North America, the author presents individual women's stories from an insider's perspective. The women's struggles to provide educational opportunities to their children draw attention to gender and power issues that limit women's participation in the public sphere. The author teaches in the Department of Educational Foundations and Specialization at the College of Charleston. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)