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20kg ha of DSP fertilizer is used. Indirect: Seeds are established in the nurseries before transplanting them in rows 30cm apart and 8 cm within the rows. Shallow planting is recommended for bulb expansion. Field Management Practices Thinning It is carried out only in the crop that has been directly planted so as to ac... |
Healthy animals give high quality products for example eggs. Safety of consumers of livestock products. Predisposing Factors to Livestock Diseases These are conditions within or around the animal that make it easy for an animal to contract a disease. They include: Animal factors such as; species, breed, age, sex colour... |
Proper feeding of livestock. Culling of the animals which are carriers slaughtering the affected animals. Use of artificial insemination to control breeding diseases. Proper selection and breeding of animals. Proper housing and hygiene, Isolating sick animals. Appropriate Methods of Handling Livestock Animals are handl... |
They hatch in 4-6 weeks into larvae which climb on the grass waiting for a passing animal. One-Host Tick This requires one host to complete its life cycle. Example: blue tick Boophilus decoloratus . Preferred sites: face, neck, dewlap and side of the body. Disease transmitted: Redwater and anaplasmosis. Two-Host Tick T... |
Coughing. Trematodes Liver Fluke There are two species of flukes: Fasciola gigantica Fasciola hepatica. Fasciola hepatica is more common. It is commonly found in the liver and bile duct of cattle, sheep and goats. Liver fluke is a problem in marshy and low lying wet areas. Life Cycle of the Liver Fluke Adult fluke in t... |
For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 43 Acts as a lubricant. Acts as constituent of body fluids. Factors Determining the Requirements of Water by Livestock Production level. Amount of dry matter eaten. Temperature of the surrounding area. Type of animal. Type of food eaten. Protein Sou... |
Source of metabolic water in the body. Required for the development of neural system. Insulator in the body. Digestion of lipids in Ruminants Fats are hydrolysed in the rumen into fatty acids and glycerol. Others are fermented into propionic acid, The shorter chains are passed to the true stomach where enzymatic action... |
Feed content is consistently high. High digestibility of the feed. High in nutrient content. Feed Additives These are substances added to the feed to increase; palatability, medication or hormones to make animals produce more. There are two types: Nutritive additives, such as mineral licks maclick . Non-nutritives addi... |
Dry Matter D.M. : Is the material left in a feed after water has been removed. Starch equivalent S.E. : Is the amount of pure starch which has the same energy as 100kg of that feed. Total Digestible Nutrients T.D.N. : Is the sum of all the digestible organic nutrients such as fats, proteins, carbohydrates and fibre. Co... |
Digestion of food in livestock takes place in three stages; Mechanical breakdown and chewing Microbial breakdown by bacteria and protozoa in the rumen of ruminants Chemical breakdown by enzymes. For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 49 Rumen- Breakdown of food by micro-organisms and als... |
For free KCSE Notes, Exams, and Past Papers Visit https: Teacher.co.ke 51 Functions of the Parts of Poultry Crop: Storage of food. Softening of food by secretions from small glands in the walls. Proventriculus: Enzymes start the breakdown of food. Gizzard:-Crushes and grinds the coarse food has small grit and gravel .C... |
I STUDY GUIDE TO THE BLOSSOMS OF THE SAVANNAH BY HENRY OLE KULET 2015iiiii ABSTRACT This study interrogates re presentation of women characters in Blossoms of the Savannah and Vanishing Herds. It looks at how such re presentation of female characters defines and redefines femininity within the Maasai social environment... |
Acknowledging the difference in women s experience of patriarchy, literature has shown that femininity is culturally determined and society specific. We can therefore say that cultural variables are determinants of female expression. Different societies have cultural variables that fashion behavior of women and even th... |
My focus is on two novels by Henry ole Kulet: Vanishing Herds 2011 and Blossoms of the Savannah 2008 . Henry ole Kulet is a Kenyan writer whose repertoire exploits Maasai culture for artistic expression. The works that he has produced thus far have dealt with the question of cultural determinism within the Maasai world... |
However, the discourse that sidelined women has shifted. Contemporary female and male writers have come out to redefine and argue against the one-sided presentation of the African woman in literature. Lapin 1984 observes that three dozen women are currently recognized as authors across the African continent, and they h... |
2. A comparison of the two novels would reveal the different shades of Maasai femininities that Henry ole Kulet projects in Blossoms of the Savannah and Vanishing Herds. Justification Interrogating the re definition of femininity in Blossoms of the Savannah 2008 and Vanishing Herds 2011 helps to highlight the peculiar ... |
There are scholars who have previously done critical analyses of the works of Henry ole Kulet. A number of scholars have analyzed the images of women in Henry ole Kulet s novel based on subordination of women such as Everlyne Mengo 2010 but my study focuses on wholesome re presentation of women in Blossoms of the Savan... |
He has highlighted different identities of the female characters in Is it Possible? 1971 and To Become a Man 1972 . This work is relevant to my study since it builds on presentation of women. This study is reflected in my works since am focusing on the issue of patriarchy and its domination of the women character who s... |
This interview is relevant to my study since my work employs the theory of Womanism as articulated by Ogunyemi. This interview helps in building the perspective on Womanism in this study. My study also values the role of the man in women s attempt to redefine their assertiveness such as is the case of Norpisia in Vanis... |
Infact, women were made peripheral Amouzou, 98 . Amouzou gives the example of Charles Nnolim 1989 who analyzed the works of Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi and Elechi Amadi and argues that the women were stereotyped as helpless, dependent, brutalized, disparaged prostitutes or concubines or good time girls Nnolim, 59 . ... |
In this works, the key message is that, although women are faced with oppressive cultural norms they must strive to assert themselves. This picture of women undergoing oppressive9 cultural norms is vividly portrayed in the works of Henry ole Kulet but through the characters he shows that they can triumph because at the... |
Charles Fonchingong 2006 in his interrogation of the gender gap notes, Emecheta in Second Class Citizen has filled the gaping gender between male and female characterization and shown the other side of the coin. The rural backhouse, timid, subservient, lack-lustre woman has been replaced by her modern counterpart, a ro... |
Penda mobilizes the women, as well as, being a spokesperson in the strike, hence disapproving the point that women are not vocal and strong. Henry ole Kulet, the writer whose works I study, also portrays female characters such as Eddah and Norpisia who have organizational skills such as mobilizing women to plant trees ... |
A community that is patriarchal in nature but Henry ole Kulet unbends the gender bias attitude by, first of all, using female characters as his main characters, for example, Resian and Taiyo in Blossoms of the Savannah and Norpisia in Vanishing Herds. Secondly, he emancipates the female characters in such a way that he... |
Ogunyemi argues that womanism does not make a lesser man but it encourages the men to accept to live with women by first abandoning their self-perception as superior partners in the collective struggle of the race for a better society 14 . Layli Philips 2006 discusses the differences between Womanism by Alice Walker an... |
Walker s theory advocates for a woman who loves other women, an ideology that is seen within women characters such as Taiyo and Resian in Blossoms of the Savannah who love one another such that they fight to achieve what they desire together. Another ideology as advocated by Walker is that: A woman who values Tears as ... |
German Kouadio N guessan 2011 discusses the issue of gender .The writer argues that gender is constructed and that the woman is viewed as the other. The writer says that the sexes are socialized into accepting their roles. This study will assist my work because my study majorly focuses on how male and female have been ... |
Female and male, as well as, valorization of women s works in all their varieties and multitudes Williams, 304 . This study shapes my work since my study shows how women s ability can change a society. For example Norpisia s strength, in Vanishing Herds 2011 , changes the life of her community and that of the wildlife.... |
This study is reflected in my works in similar way that Adichie push women from margins to the centre is more less the same way Henry ole Kulet pushes women from traditional roles to powerful roles such as economic participation, improving environment, taking care of environment in Vanishing Herds 2011 and in Blossoms ... |
This is what brings them joy after they achieve. Womanism shows the assertiveness of women towards the men s attitude. Resian does not fear to fight against the plan of his father, Oloisudori and Olarinkoi. Norpisia too, does not mind what people may think when she carries weapons and fights the cattle rustlers to deat... |
It influenced my focus on the characterization of the Maasai woman like Norpisia in Vanishing Herds. It is by focusing on the women characters that we are able to see how Henry ole Kulet defines the woman in accordance with Maasai conception of the female. The theory helped me focus on those aspects of characterization... |
Scope and Limitation This study focuses on Henry ole Kulet s Vanishing Herds and Blossoms of the Savannah. The two novels provide an in-depth towards understanding how women have been presented leading to their redefinition. The paper focuses on re definition of femininity. Other books written by Henry ole Kulet have b... |
21 CHAPTER TWO EXAMINING FEMININITY IN VANISHING HERDS Introduction In anthropology studies done on the Maasai community by researchers like Stephen Sitoya ole Sankan 1971 have shown that the place of women in that community is defined by the cultural norms where cattle play a big role: Should a man mistakenly marry a ... |
The scholars mainly studied the role of men and women in Maasai community. Definition of Femininity The Maasai woman is shown to be first defined by the code of dress that tradition ascribes her by Henry ole Kulet. The Maasai women had their dressing code which exemplifies the traditional expectation of the Maasai comm... |
In Is It Possible? 1971 it was the role of the women to milk for example Lerionka s mother milk s the cows Is It Possible? 9 . In To Become a Man 1972 Kitika s mother, too, milks cows that had been brought by Kitika in their last raid To Become a Man, 15 . After a successful raid the women in To Become a Man sing sooth... |
Her work was to look after the sick animals and young ones of the animals so that they may not fall into predator s hand. This is exactly the role that Norpisia performs. She follows their animals from the rear so as they would not fall into the hands of predators. This shows that the women performed menial jobs and we... |
We notice the passionate feelings that women have for things that they love. Any harm happening to things that they love makes them so emotional that they end up crying. Norpisia cried after a hyena had killed and dragged away one of the sheep. To her it is a painful experience that she cannot bear. She is sad when she... |
After the death of Norpisia s elder brother and sister, her28 mother was inconsolable. She became sadder than her husband. She refused to be comforted. A woman is seen as a person who is weak and depended on the man for protection. For example, when the group saw several morans, Norpisia scooped her baby and hastily re... |
As long as he is with his wife and his livestock he feels quiet okay and not isolated from the people Vanishing Herds, 60 . She weakens too during her pregnancy Vanishing Herds, 156 . 29 Women are defined as shy in front of people by Henry ole Kulet. This is expressed when the narrator says, That when the women looked ... |
The narrator says that it was his duty to defend her. He thinks of what they might do to her such as molest her, rape or abduct her Vanishing Herds, 75 . The reason as to why Kedoki is worried about Norpisia is because a woman within Maasai community is viewed as a weakling and it is the role of the man to defend her a... |
They only come to the place when he calls for them. As such the slaughtering place acts as a space that determines feminine identity among the Maasai. Women were married off to men who they did not know and went with them to their homes in distant places. Norpisia is not exempted from this, She was now headed to an und... |
Therefore, definition of the traditional Maa woman equaled her to children in the face of male authority. Further, women are defined as submissive by the narrator. Norpisia displays this character when she sees Lemeisssorri, Barnoti s father, she quickly walked up to the old man, stopped a few feet from him and bent he... |
Leshao sees men in his homestead ,as he arrives from his meeting with Mbulung , With spears, some with clubs, some with bows and some with their drawn swords To Become a Man,83 . Maasai women are defined by their height. Mostly, many of them are tall and slender. For example, the narrator says that he allowed them to c... |
Therefore, when they see Norpisia they start gossiping about her which makes her so uneasy. In To Become a Man 1972 women, too, are described as gossipers. For example when two women are forced by their husbands to repair Leshao s father s roof they speak ill of Leshao s father unaware that Leshao was hearing To Become... |
And when the women choose her to spear head the resuscitation of the environment the narrator says , she accepted the challenge wholeheartedly and immediately embarked on forestation Vanishing Herds, 196 . This also shows her will to assist in developing her society through curbing destruction of the forests through re... |
Norpisia had reared wildebeests that had become an attraction to tourist and formed part of the tourist package that was marketed overseas Vanishing Herds, 210 . Resuscitation, rehabilitation and the conservation of the environment, generally, requires an intelligent mind. Socially, we grow up knowing that men are more... |
This concept of boys and men herding is also seen in To Become a Man 1972 . Boys looked after cattle and drove them back home. They were known as herdsmen or herds boys for example Leshao is one of the herdsboy who looks after his father s cattle. As they herd or brought back the animals the boys would whistle and shou... |
Women, within the Maasai community, are viewed as timid, weak, and backward and that they cannot do such things that Norpisia does, however, the author redefines39 what it is to be a woman within his fictional work, Vanishing Herds by presenting Norpisia who fights against the marginalized such as the wildlife. She als... |
She asks, Do you think it is safe driving our cattle across the river, just yet? Look at the predators across Vanishing Herds, 123 . Norpisia s intelligence supersedes that of her husband. She tells the husband that there was a need of them to move out of the Olmakarr farm: It is not secret that the fires we have been ... |
When the old man tells her to join them in eating the maize so that she will help them to fight the wild animals she angrily says; Never! If I were to join the fray, I would join the wild animals and fight you for having41 encroached their natural habitat! Vanishing Herds, 104 . To her wildlife is a significant part in... |
And Leshao and Mbulung in To Become a Man 1972 . Eddah is actually conversant with the reasons as to why the community had to conserve the forests. She emphasized the fact that the forests were the source of rivers, herbal medicine, sacred trees and shrubs: that solemnized ceremonies and which held their people togethe... |
But this becomes a point of departure in Vanishing Herds because Henry ole Kulet presents very important female characters such as Norpisia and Eddah Sein who helps in resuscitating the environment that had been degraded. Eddah Sein skillfully teaches the community about conservation of forests which also shows the res... |
The narrator says that Norpisia s grandmother used to take her to the forest; she showed her different types of roots, barks, berries and nuts. She showed her how to prepare the medicine as well as cure the people. With this skill she finds, herbs that would use to treat the swelling on Kedoki s leg. We see her so fami... |
When four young wildebeest calves, one male, three females appeared from the bush, Norpisia is not surprised. The narrator says that Norpisia , told her husband what she had told him before: that she once dreamed of being asked to go to the highlands and join wild animals to fight human beings who were destroying the a... |
In this argument Amadiume shows that women too could possess supernatural powers which are inclined to African men just like what Henry ole Kulet portrays in Norpisia s grandmother who has some supernatural powers. 45 Another point where womanhood is redefined concerns security. The art of self-defense and selfreliance... |
And to emphasize that women too can defend themselves Kedoki says, If you say my woman is halfman just because she is courageous and dependable, he said smilingly, then, I would agree with you entirely. During the period I have been with her, she had requited my trust in her appropriately by facing all manner of danger... |
Culturally, the responsibility of protecting the animals was solely a man s role but the author redefines exactly what it is to be a feminine within the Maa community. Norpisia sounds so revengeful a fact that is not commonly seen with women she says, If I ve killed it, I ll be happy to have avenged the sheep its kith ... |
Kedoki feels that Norpisia is weak and cannot fight the two cattle rustlers but Norpisia is so determined that she would fight them alone, which she eventually does. The way Norpisia attacks the two cattle rustlers is so skillful and quiet shocking for Kedoki for she does it so well like any man can do and even better ... |
I would say with certainty that this is not a woman but a man! Vanishing Herds, 80 . The author juxtaposes the strength of Norpisia to Masintet and Lembarta, Kedoki s friends. The narrator says that Norpisia killed two cattle rustlers while the two only killed one cattle rustler. This shows that femininity has been red... |
Fortunately, Leshao kills it hence emerging as the most celebrated moran To Become a Man, 112 . The killing of the hyena by use of a spear surprises Kedoki a lot for still he does not believe that a woman could throw a spear so forcefully as Norpisia did and she was also good at aiming and not missing her target Vanish... |
But the author reconstructs this by allowing Norpisia, a woman to carry them. The narrator says, Kedoki walked down the slope briskly with his spear held firmly in his hand, while Norpisia, a bow and the arrows in her hand, and a quiver dangling down her shoulder, followed behind him Vanishing Herds,54 . And to show th... |
She is a real woman and she is my wife Vanishing Herds, 57 . The author intended to show that it is not weird for women to hold weapons for the fact that it was male s previously role but women can do it without looking odd. In fact Masintet emphasizes his shock by saying, It is odd seeing a woman carrying a bow and ar... |
When a pack of hyenas chased wildebeest at night, She quickly got out of the Olngoborr in pitch darkness and collected a few stones from the ground. She threw them at the hyena to drive them away from near the cattle enclosure Vanishing Herds, 93 . This is a very brave and courageous act that Norpisia possesses. Norpis... |
She could whistle to control the rear as well as alert that there was danger. Norpisia walked leisurely behind the herd, whistling and shouting at a sheep here and a goat there, when they started to break away Vanishing Herds, 122 . Norpisia possesses a good art of storytelling which mesmerizes even the prophetess. Ked... |
For example when the prophetess , Eddah Sein, visited Kedoki s village she told them about consequences and hazards of climate change. And true to her words, it came to happen and the narrator says, two days after she left the village, quite unexpected thunderstorms suddenly burst with unrestrained ferocity. The lighte... |
Eddah helps the community plant trees; she assists them to plant indigenous trees seedlings which the community had brought. Eddah had chosen an area that was adjacent to Olmakarr farm to symbolize future activities in that area where the forest was destroyed. Wherever she planted trees, she always erected a bill board... |
Although, a male writer, Kulet, shows that Kedoki wants to marry for companionship and not the previous held myth that a woman s sole purpose is procreation. The love that Kedoki has for Norpisia makes him assist her to make a hut which was a woman s role. Norpisia fears that his friends might find him doing it. This r... |
Norpisia s passion to save their animals demonstrate clearly that, she too, is involved in their property, Norpisia herbs came in handy to treat the animals, but at times the sick ones were so many that the herbs ran out before treating all of them Vanishing Herds,115 . In To Become a Man 1972 it was a woman s role to ... |
Until57 then, he did not know he could love so much, let alone think that he nearly lost her to the beast From then, henceforth, he declared his eye would always be on her and for the first time since they became husband and wife, they held hands affectionately as they walked together back to where their livestock graz... |
Even when his friend Masintet teases him about him being Lesiote, a man who cried upon seeing a woman and thinking that her manhood58 had been eaten by terrible disease, he still persists for them to wait until they are out of wilderness. Norpisia is worried that Kedoki might die and leave her without a child. She cert... |
The narrator shows how Norpisia appreciates nature. When they enter Olkarsis farm she finds the air fresh, sharper and clean. The narrator describes Norpisia s experience as A cool fresh scent of lush green vegetation caressed her nostrils pleasantly. She inhaled the luxurious air, filling her59 lungs with its invigora... |
Norpisia s deeds in saving the environment and taking care of cattle raises her image to that of a saviour within the patriarchal society where the destiny of the community had always depended on men and not women. Ironically, in these roles Norpisia is also performing a role that society had reserved for women that of... |
The boy child continued his father s name and in Is It Possible? 1971 Lerionka vows that he would continue his father s family name, ole Sururu Is It Possible?,. 3 . Lerionka, according to the narrator, feels that he has the responsibility of restoring and carrying the honour of Sururu s name to the coming generations ... |
Women were married into polygamous marriages. They had no opportunity to refuse to be married off to a polygamous family. Each wife had her own house away from the husband. It was only, when the husband wanted any of them that she would go to his house in turns according to his preference. The women were expected to be... |
It is mine. I do not know why you keep on forgetting this even after staying with me all these years. But for the sake of saving you the trouble of trying to remember what I have repeatedly said, get this straight. This home belongs to Kerea ole Merresho alone- To Become a Man, 4 . The women seem to accept polygamy and... |
Her parents find64 a suitable suitor for her: The suitor was a young man who was reputed to be an upcoming businessman, her parents were satisfied that their daughter would not only be in safe hands, that their grandchildren would have a dependable protector. After what appeared to her to be lengthy protracted negotiat... |
Women are expected to fall in love with their husbands later after the marriage. For example Resian is said that she will fall in love with the palatial home when65 later she sees that is set before her such that she will curse her stubbornness for her refusal to get married to Oloisudori. Fathers have a right to take ... |
The definition of beauty is big, solid, gleaming black eyes, full lips, sparkling white teeth planted on black gums. For example, Resian is described as taller than the old woman, had long slender limbs and high firm breasts. She had a narrow waist that tapered down, swelling out to bulging66 hips. Her arms and legs we... |
All these according to the narrator made Seleina more beautiful than she had ever been Daughter of Maa, 124 . In The Hunters 1985 Namelok is described as having charming face, large brown eyes The Hunters, 45 . In Moran no More 1990 girls are described as curvy, dark complexion, brown fascinating eyes Moran no More, 15... |
She is described as the paragon of virtue a true model of Maa feminine decorum . And that was because she hardly ever talked to her father unless he spoke to her, and then only to answer him with utmost respect whatever question he has asked her Blossoms of the Savannah, 178 . This is what was expected of a Maasai woma... |
A man: who does not circumcise his girls; has only girls as his children; is married to only one wife is not respected by the community. It is to this respect that the narrator says, Elders had termed reckless his decision to remain married to only one wife who only bore him two daughters. They had likened him to a mon... |
The uncircumcised girls have no place in Nasila society. The families are not allowed to keep girls who are not circumcised at all in their homes and if they do they are not respected as well. Girls who have not undergone FGM undergo violent experiences wherever they go. For example, during ole Kaelo s homecoming party... |
He curses her and calls her a wasp, Taba! May she go down with the setting sun! Blossoms of the Savannah, 53 . The elders truly valued FGM and we see this when Minik ene Nkoitoi, the Emekererei; a manager at a certain sheep Ranch persuading ole Supeyo to stop the practice but he hears none of it: When the crusader insi... |
Women are also, physically, abused by their husband in case they refused to consent to their demand. For example, Olarinkoi who believes Resian is his wife beats her until she loses her conscious, Then suddenly, he hit her so hard on her ribcage with his elbow, knocking the wind out of her. He hit her again on the side... |
While their father sat in the sitting room. The mothers have to prepare their daughters on issues pertaining to FGM and marriage. They have to prepare them properly so as no problem occurs. Pertaining to this ole Kaelo tells the wife Now listen, you must immediately start counseling the girls to understand their roles ... |
Leshao s house had no fire, no food and Leshao kept begging for food from neighbours due to the fact that his mother had died but when his aunt arrives there is joy because the hut was warm with fire, lit by his aunt To Become a Man, 50 . This75 reminds Leshao of his late mother and the narrator says, This was the firs... |
We see this when women such as Mama Milanoi, the eldest aunt in the family, Yeiyo botorr and the two girls cooking in the kitchen. In their midst there is no man as they work. A woman is supposed to be so perfect that we see Mama Milanoi saying about her girls that when they eventually get married and are accused of la... |
Daughter of Maa 1990 through Seleina we learn that it was women s role to do domestic chore such as fetching water from the river, fetching firewood and milking 149 . Fedder 1974 argues that a young girl helps her mother with housework, carries water and looks young babies Fedder, 40 . In To Become a Man 1972 the narra... |
It is the head of the house who does. Taiyo s mother says that the request that Parmuat coaches the girls is to be decided by their father for that is his territory. In most cases ole Kaelo makes decisions such as moving from Nakuru to Nasila, starting up his business, who the girls would be married to. Men have a righ... |
You can either cook or keep standing stupidly and die of hunger. The choice is yours. Should you choose to cook, here is a piece of meat. The knife is over there. Of course you are not blind you can see the sufurias. There is a whole bag of maize meal there and water is in that container. There is paraffin in that can ... |
For her, Resian places her education at the forefront and she is not ready to relent it. As Taiyo is busy doing chores like ferrying breakfast from the kitchen to the table Resian as described by the narrator is Fragile and pretty in her velvet and lace morning gown, her hair piled upon her head, slumped in an armchair... |
Their desire for education makes them plan how to escape FGM by going back to Nakuru and enroll at the University. Resian says, We must beat them to it. We must convince him to allow us to go before they prevail upon him to embrace the primitive, backward, outdated and archaic traditions 35 . What seems to liberate and... |
This presentation shows that the girls are strong and not easily scared. Taiyo is presented as aggressive towards her love for Parmuat. She cannot hide her love towards Parmuat even with her father and mother present and with the whole community looking at her. Taiyo, a young teenager, reminisces on how she battled wit... |
When the old mono eyed enkoiboni came to rescue the enkamurutani it was as if all Resian s energy had been reserved for her. Like a ferocious leopard, she descended upon her with vicious blows completely disfiguring her face and battering one eye. The old witch tried to say something as if to curse her, but she would n... |
Although the community refers to the two girls as Intoiye nemengalana but the two are not at all scared about it. To them, FGM is a culture that dehumanizes a woman and the two girls are ready to fight it at all cost. Resian is presented as a spirited fighter against the custom that is against women in the Maasai commu... |
People like ole Supeyo held adamantly to the culture within the Maasai community. Later as narrated by the narrator, ole Supeyo calls Minik a wasp and he says that Minik was a great threat to the Maa culture 22 . Although Minik becomes an outcast in Nasila but she does not give up. She starts a Girls Rescue Centre that... |
This fight redefines her position as a Maasai woman. Taiyo too feels that if they were born sons Most likely we would have been let loose to romp about in the village and gather our experiences as we go along 74 . With this kind of reasoning, the author shows that the two girls are in search of liberating themselves in... |
She particularly wants to sing to witches enkasakutoni who are ready to curse intoiye nemengalana, another group that she is ready to curse is midwife enkaitoyoni who spies on girls who are giving birth and are not circumcised and86 lastly the Enkamuratani circumciser . Through songs Taiyo is ready to fight for her fem... |
Henry ole Kulet gives strength to Resian to air out her grievances as a woman so as to challenge the norms that are experienced in this particular community. She further points by saying that they can also cook, and they can, and should also learn to please us females 78 . She also wants men to do the same as women. 87... |
The girls tell their mother openly that the culture was unfair to the women. Resian is presented as argumentative. She argues so well against the issue of FGM. FGM is a subject in Maasai land, customs and culture which could not be argued against, especially, by a young Maasai girl but Resian seems well outspoken in th... |
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