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Hoes and clothes in a Luo householdessay 1996 • Hay, Margaret Jean
Luo • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article explores changes in material culture that took place in western Kenya before the Second World War as a direct result of British colonial rule and the complex forces it set in moti...Women as owners, occupants, and managers of property in colonial western Kenyaessay 1982 • Hay, Margaret Jean
Luo • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article discusses the effects of British colonialism, 1895-1963, on women's socioeconomic status in western Kenya. It argues that male migration to towns during this period increased rura...