When you educate a girl, you educate a nation. --Malawian saying. The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza's quest to get an education and to build a school for young women. Roberta Laurie was one of many who helped Memory realize her vision of seeing young girls become strong and independent women who could care for themselves and their future families. During her time in Malawi, Laurie met several other women, each of whom had a story of her own. Laurie interweaves these accounts with well-researched information about the country's underlying social and political context. Readers interested in Africa, global affairs, women's studies, development, and international education will give high marks to Weaving a Malawi Sunrise.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-406) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2015.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.822
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- f-mw---
- ISBN
- 9781772120868 9781772121155
- LCCN
- LC2475.8
- LCCN Item number
- L39 2015eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 418 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00236257 (OCoLC)920015750 (CaOOCEL)451029
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgements 12
- Introduction 16
- Abbreviations 22
- 1 The Dream Becomes Reality 24
- Solstina 38
- 2 The Warm Heart of Africa 42
- Lucita 58
- 3 Education for All 64
- Shakira 88
- 4 You Should Work Hard in School 92
- Agness 112
- 5 I Should Be Buried 116
- Grace 136
- 6 What It Means To Be an Orphan 144
- Chifundo 164
- 7 Life in the Village 168
- Florence 194
- 8 Canadians Educating African Girls 196
- Audrey 220
- 9 A Trip to the Lake 224
- Chidothi 246
- 10 The CEAG Girls 250
- Estel 264
- 11 Growing Up 268
- Basimati 284
- 12 Quietly, Malawi Begins to Starve 290
- Henry 314
- 13 A Global Perspective 318
- Eunice 334
- 14 The Dream Takes Shape 338
- Patience 362
- 15 Atsikana Pa Ulendo 366
- Blandina 380
- 16 A Moral Universe 386
- Notes 404
- Index 430
- About the Author 442
