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Ngarúiya Njambi, Wairimú. 2007. Irua Ria Atumia and Anti-Colonial Struggles Among the Gikuyu of Kenya: A Counter Narrative on "Female Genital Mutulation". Critical Sociology 33 (4) : 689–708.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | cultural anthropology | gender | opposition | power

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study argues that female genital mutilation -irua ria atumia- among Kenyan Gky women ought to be presented as a ways of empowerment and resistance in the context of anti-British colonialization struggles.