The present moment

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

first published 1987 Heinemann, 1987 155 pages

Women writing Africa series

"This contemporary African classic tells the story of seven unforgettable Kenyan women as it traces more than sixty years of turbulent national history. Like their country, this group of old women is divided by ethnicity, language, class, and religion. But around the charcoal fire at the Refuge, the old-age home they share in Nairobi, they uncover the hidden personal histories that connect them as women: stories of...

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Present Moment edition · 2000 · Feminist Press at The City University of New York · 9781558618961
The present moment edition · 2000 · Feminist Press at the City University of New York · 196 pages
The present moment edition · 1987 · Heinemann Kenya · 155 pages
The present moment. edition · 1987 · Heinemann · 155 pages

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