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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 motion. It shows how rural Luo adopted newly imported iron hoe...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 rural women's vulnerability to poverty. It further argues that...