Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya by Kenda Mutongi

Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya

Kenda Mutongi

256 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging emotional medium-paced
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Growing up in the Maragoli community in Kenya, Kenda Mutongi encountered a perplexing contradiction. While the young teachers at her village school railed against colonialism, many of her elders, including her widowed mother, praised their former ...

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