Weaving a Malawi Sunrise: A Woman, A School, A People
Autor Roberta Laurieen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 oct 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781772120868
ISBN-10: 1772120863
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 29
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press
Locul publicării:Edmonton, Canada
ISBN-10: 1772120863
Pagini: 440
Ilustrații: 29
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press
Locul publicării:Edmonton, Canada
Comentariile autorului
29 B&W photographs, map, notes, index
Recenzii
#1 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Nonfiction) for the week of November 27, 2015 The Edmonton Journal
"Roberta Laurie, a former Rotarian, has written a book that is both heart warming and sobering. On the one hand, we read about young women experiencing life changing educational success. On the other hand, we read about the challenges girls and women experience in rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.... [The book] portrays the development of a courageous, visionary leader.... In addition, the book is rich with the history, culture, geography, and politics of Malawi. This material is deftly presented as the context for the development of [the school].... The emphasis on the stories of Memory, Christie, and the students move the narrative forward and capture and hold readers’ interest." [Full article at http://bit.ly/1ZBUFAm]
"Most everyone has a place that inspires reflection and contentment: a Paris café, a salmon run on the Miramichi River, your grandmother’s kitchen table. Roberta Laurie is an Alberta Rotarian who finds her place at a Malawian school for girls. The result is intriguing and joyful. "Weaving A Malawi Sunrise" never patronizes. Laurie is a delightful writer.... "Weaving A Malawi Sunrise" is kind and eloquent, by turn angry and evocative..." [Full article at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-one-day-at-the-rotary-club]
"...very highly recommended for academic library Contemporary African Studies reference collections..."
#5 on the Edmonton Journal's Non-fiction Bestsellers list for the week ofJune 03, 2016.
"Laurie's moving book about gender and education in Malawi chronicles the construction of a girls’ school through the heroic efforts of educator Memory Chazeza and her Canadian collaborators (including the author). The book’s chapters alternate between stories of women the author met in Malawi while working alongside Chazeza, vignettes from Chazeza’s life, and essential sociopolitical context about Malawi. With a gripping narrative and touching personal stories, the book is very accessible... Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates." [Full review at http://bit.ly/1NGTES5]
"Roberta Laurie, a former Rotarian, has written a book that is both heart warming and sobering. On the one hand, we read about young women experiencing life changing educational success. On the other hand, we read about the challenges girls and women experience in rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.... [The book] portrays the development of a courageous, visionary leader.... In addition, the book is rich with the history, culture, geography, and politics of Malawi. This material is deftly presented as the context for the development of [the school].... The emphasis on the stories of Memory, Christie, and the students move the narrative forward and capture and hold readers’ interest." [Full article at http://bit.ly/1ZBUFAm]
"Most everyone has a place that inspires reflection and contentment: a Paris café, a salmon run on the Miramichi River, your grandmother’s kitchen table. Roberta Laurie is an Alberta Rotarian who finds her place at a Malawian school for girls. The result is intriguing and joyful. "Weaving A Malawi Sunrise" never patronizes. Laurie is a delightful writer.... "Weaving A Malawi Sunrise" is kind and eloquent, by turn angry and evocative..." [Full article at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-one-day-at-the-rotary-club]
"...very highly recommended for academic library Contemporary African Studies reference collections..."
#5 on the Edmonton Journal's Non-fiction Bestsellers list for the week ofJune 03, 2016.
"Laurie's moving book about gender and education in Malawi chronicles the construction of a girls’ school through the heroic efforts of educator Memory Chazeza and her Canadian collaborators (including the author). The book’s chapters alternate between stories of women the author met in Malawi while working alongside Chazeza, vignettes from Chazeza’s life, and essential sociopolitical context about Malawi. With a gripping narrative and touching personal stories, the book is very accessible... Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates." [Full review at http://bit.ly/1NGTES5]
Cuprins
PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionAbbreviations1 | The Dream Becomes RealitySolstina2 | The Warm Heart of AfricaLucita3 | Education for AllShakira4 | You Should Work Hard in SchoolAgness5 | I Should Be BuriedGrace6 | What It Means To Be an OrphanChifundo7 | Life in the VillageFlorence8 | Canadians Educating African GirlsAudrey9 | A Trip to the LakeChidothi10 | The CEAG GirlsEstel11 | Growing UpBasimati12 | Quietly, Malawi Begins to StarveHenry13 | A Global PerspectiveEunice14 | The Dream Takes ShapePatience15 | Atsikana Pa UlendoBlandina16 | A Moral UniverseNotesIndex