Land and food, women and power, in nineteenth century Kikuyu
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Africa
- Vol. 50 (4) , 357-370
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1158428
Abstract
Opening Paragraph: It has only been in recent years that anthropologists have begun to investigate women as actors with resources important in the political field and to broaden the concept of political system to include the activites of women (see Collier, 1974 and Nelson, 1974 for another statement of the problem). The analysis of the political processes of the nineteenth century Kikuyu (Kenya) presented here lays the framework for the inclusion of women's subsistence activities and domestic decision making with the field of public or political relations.Keywords
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