Weaving a Malawi sunrise : a woman, a school, a people /
Roberta Laurie.
- First electronic edition.ition, 2015.
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 418 pages)
- Wayfarer .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1 The Dream Becomes Reality -- 2 The Warm Heart of Africa -- 3 Education for All -- 4 You Should Work Hard in School -- 5 I Should Be Buried -- 6 What It Means To Be an Orphan -- 7 Life in the Village -- 8 Canadians Educating African Girls -- 9 A Trip to the Lake -- 10 The CEAG Girls -- 11 Growing Up -- 12 Quietly, Malawi Begins to Starve -- 13 A Global Perspective -- 14 The Dream Takes Shape -- 15 Atsikana Pa Ulendo -- 16 A Moral Universe.
""When you educate a girl, you educate a nation --Malawian saying. The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza's quest to get an education and to build a school for young women. Roberta Laurie was one of many who helped Memory realize her vision of seeing young girls become strong and independent women who could care for themselves and their future families. During her time in Malawi, Laurie met several other women, each of whom had a story of her own. Laurie interweaves these accounts with well-researched information about the country's underlying social and political context. Readers interested in Africa, global affairs, women's studies, development, and international education will give high marks to Weaving a Malawi Sunrise"--