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A young woman makes that all-important rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. However, her early adult life is marred by childlessness in a society that places a great premium on children and motherhood as the ultimate mark of womanhood. Worldreader presents this e-book in a new series showcasing fiction from Sub-Saharan Africa. Are you a worldreader? Read more abo A young woman makes that all-important rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
However, her early adult life is marred by childlessness in a society that places a great premium on children and motherhood as the ultimate mark of womanhood. Worldreader presents this e-book in a new series showcasing fiction from Sub-Saharan Africa. Are you a worldreader? Read more about this not-for-profit social enterprise at worldreader.org. This is the story of a woman, Pokuwaa, in a traditional African village; a woman apparently cursed with 'barrenness' unable to have a child. The novel traces her frustration and attempts to get pregnant, even after changing her male partner. Village life is shown very convincingly here, its political, social, economic spheres brought to the fore.
Kwadwo, the man in Pokuwaa's life, comes across as a fine gentleman, though he is in fact juggling two women, as it were. His commitment to Pokuwaa and This is the story of a woman, Pokuwaa, in a traditional African village; a woman apparently cursed with 'barrenness' unable to have a child. The novel traces her frustration and attempts to get pregnant, even after changing her male partner. Village life is shown very convincingly here, its political, social, economic spheres brought to the fore. Kwadwo, the man in Pokuwaa's life, comes across as a fine gentleman, though he is in fact juggling two women, as it were. His commitment to Pokuwaa and her happiness is laudable. The story ends on a happy note, when despite all odds, the lady does get pregnant!
A fine moving story.
By most accounts, the first woman prime minister in the world wasSirimavo Bandaranaike; she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka(formerly called Ceylon) in 1960. Among other women to hold thisoffice in the 1960s were Indira Gandhi, who became Prime Ministerof India in 1966, and Golda Meir, who became Prime Minister ofIsrael in 1969. England got its first female Prime Minister in 1979(and the first of any government in Europe), when Margaret Thatcherwas elected. As for Canada, it only had one female Prime Ministerand she served only six months in that office, from late June toearly November 1993.