the struggle for respectability and self-reliance in colonial East Africa
Corrie Decker.
First edition
New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2014
(xii, 254 pages)
Inducting girls into the regime of respectability --;Training girls for colonial development --;Writing self-reliance in respectability --;Developing agents of mobility --;Mobilizing women during the time of politics.
The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African history. This innovative and carefully argued study thus adds tremendously to our understanding of colonial history by focusing on women's education, professionalization, and political mobilization in the East African islands of Zanzibar.
Professional education of women -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.
Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.
Women -- Political activity -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.