A lot has been said about Kikuyu women. In fact, of the women from the 42 ethnic communities, no other tribe gets as much flak as them. They have been accused of all manner of things; they not only ...

Many would-be spouses have gone their separate ways due to weird cultural practices dictated by their partners. Tales are told of urbane couples who rarely or never set foot in each other’s rural ...

Jean Pierre Bekolo's Les saignantes (2005) and the Mevoungou : the ambivalence towards the African woman's body / Naminata Diabate -- "I am the rape" : exile, sexual violence, and the body in the ...