Nyawiras as communal liberators: Accounting for life preservation roles among African women

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dc.contributor.authorGathogo, Julius M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-07T09:02:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-07T09:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractIn his book, Wizard of the Crow (2007), the renowned Kenyan novelist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, expresses the view that a successful society is only guaranteed when women issues are well settled. In light of post-colonial Africa and the era of COVID-19, African women – like the biblical Miriam, the co-liberator with Moses and Aaron (Mi 6:4) – are seen as Nyawiras (plural for Nyawira, the hardworking woman), as their critical role in preserving the family and society is evident. While relying on a critical review of wa Thiong’o’s works and in engaging a selected religio-cultural literature, the article seeks to explore the role of African women [Nyawiras] in societal sustenance. With postcolonial Africa encountering a hotchpotch of challenges, are Nyawiras the best suited persons to deconstruct the status quo and eventually reconstruct the ‘sick’ society under greedy-grabbing male-leaders of nation-states (Aburirias) that have lost their moral compasses? Are women best suited to bring back sanity; and have they crossed the Rubicon in the 21st century? In drawing from diverse examples from Africa and beyond, the research article will be significant in helping the modern African society understand the myriad of problems they are facing in the local and global scene, and eventually appraise women’s heroine roles. Contribution: This research uses a multi-disciplinary approach and engages a dialogue between African literature and Africa’s religio-cultural discourses in order to better understand the complex situation facing Africa.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch Institute of Religion and Theology (RITR) of the University of South Africa(UNISA)en_US
dc.identifier.citationGathogo, J.M., 2023, ‘Nyawiras as communal liberators: Accounting for life preservation roles among African women’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 79(3), a8745. https://doi. org/10.4102/hts.v79i3.8745en_US
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050,
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26914
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherhtsen_US
dc.subjectAfrican indigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectMiriamen_US
dc.subjectMosesen_US
dc.subjectliberationen_US
dc.subjectNyawiras (African-women)en_US
dc.subjectNgugi wa Thiong’oen_US
dc.subjectRubiconen_US
dc.titleNyawiras as communal liberators: Accounting for life preservation roles among African womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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