Among the Maasai
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Among the Maasai

A Memoir

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Among the Maasai

A Memoir

About this book

In 1999, Juliet Cutler leaves the United States to teach at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa. Captivated by the stories of young Maasai women determined to get an education in the midst of a culture caught between the past and the future, she seeks to empower and support her students as they struggle to define their own fates.

Cutler soon learns that behind their shy smiles and timid facades, her Maasai students are much stronger than they appear. For them, adolescence requires navigating a risky world of forced marriages, rape, and genital cutting, all in the midst of a culture grappling with globalization. In the face of these challenges, these young women believe education offers hope, and so, against all odds, they set off alone―traveling hundreds of miles and even forsaking their families―simply to go to school.

Twenty years of involvement with this school and its students reveal to Cutler the important impacts of education across time, as well as the challenges inherent in tackling issues of human rights and extreme poverty across vastly different cultures. Working alongside local educators, Cutler emerges transformed by the community she finds in Tanzania and by witnessing the life-changing impact of education on her students.

Proceeds from the sale of this book support education for at-risk Maasai girls.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2019
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781631526732
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Prologue: A School for Maasai Girls
  7. Chapter 1: Kuondoka Nyumbani (Leaving Home)
  8. Chapter 2: Leaving Home (Kuondoka Nyumbani)
  9. Chapter 3: Under the Southern Cross
  10. Chapter 4: Shock and Awe
  11. Chapter 5: Negotiating Promises
  12. Chapter 6: The Arrival of Wageni
  13. Chapter 7: Like a Stranger in the Night
  14. Chapter 8: Life Inside the Bell Jar
  15. Chapter 9: Mwalimu Mgeni
  16. Chapter 10: Leading from Behind
  17. Chapter 11: Womanhood
  18. Chapter 12: Diamonds in the Darkness
  19. Chapter 13: Through Maasai Eyes
  20. Chapter 14: A Grandmother’s Touch
  21. Chapter 15: The First Graduation
  22. Chapter 16: Mama Machungwa
  23. Chapter 17: Americastle
  24. Chapter 18: Karibu Tena
  25. Chapter 19: Honeymooning at Lake Manyara
  26. Chapter 20: Dinah’s Education
  27. Chapter 21: Hoping for School Choice
  28. Chapter 22: Gideon the Mighty Warrior
  29. Chapter 23: Never a Stranger, Always a Guest
  30. Chapter 24: Without Water
  31. Chapter 25: A Safe House for Miriam
  32. Chapter 26: Never Say Goodbye
  33. Chapter 27: No Longer a Girl
  34. EPILOGUE: Moving Mountains with Teaspoons
  35. Afterword
  36. Acknowledgments
  37. Swahili / Maa to English Glossary
  38. Notes
  39. Author Biography

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