'A proper woman, in the African tradition': The construction of gender and nationalism in Wangari Maathai's autobiography Unbowed/'A proper woman, in the African tradition': The construction of gender and nationalism in Wangari Maathai's autobiography Unbowed

[...]Schatzberg's research compliments McClintock's ideas mentioned earlier, particularly how state paternalism has been used as a method of control in Africa. The father of the nation is expected to take care of his children, namely the citizens, nurture and provide paternal care for them...

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Published in:Tydskrif vir letterkunde 2015-01, Vol.52 (1), p.144
Main Author: Ebila, Florence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Families & family life
Gender
Maathai, Wangari (fl 2004)
Men
Metaphor
Nation states
Nationalism
Patriarchy
Perceptions
Political leadership
Postcolonialism
Presidents
Social construction
Society
Traditions
Women
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Summary:[...]Schatzberg's research compliments McClintock's ideas mentioned earlier, particularly how state paternalism has been used as a method of control in Africa. The father of the nation is expected to take care of his children, namely the citizens, nurture and provide paternal care for them. [...]the father of the nation is expected to provide for and feed the national family. In Kenya, both Kenyatta and Moi after him were refereed to with reference as Mzee, a Kiswahili word for "old man." [...]political children of the nation, create some kind of iconography within which political leaders like Moi and Kenyatta became immortalized in the public eye. [...]Maathai's autobiography exposes the vulnerability as well as the resilience of women who engage in politics both individually like her and those who participate collectively like the Green Belt Movement.
ISSN:0041-476X
2309-9070