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This book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain
in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia
before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were
bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war
and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via
refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna
Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their
networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the
recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland,
these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation,
with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to
return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's
personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an
individual, lived historical process that is both positive and
negative, and both inter- and intra-generational.Secondly, a
collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into
the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history
and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a
key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always
inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.
This volume examines the history of Angola since independence in
1975, and in particular the fact that the country has known only
one year of peace in that time. The contributions come from a
conference held in Cambridge to discuss the issues involved.
A Collection of short children's stories. Follow the adventure of
Mr Egg Head and Mrs Cup as they try stop the naughty Evil Spike.
See if they can save all the children of Heaven Hill. Find out just
what secret is making poor Foxy so sad and what secrets does the
magic lake hold. Enjoy these and other stories.
This history of administrative thought and practice in colonial
Kenya looks at the ways in which white people tried to engineer
social change. It asks four questions: - Why was Kenya's welfare
operation so idiosyncratic and spartan compared with that of other
British colonies? - Why did a transformation from social welfare to
community development produce further neglect of the very poor? -
Why was there no equivalent to the French tradition of community
medicine? - If there was a transformatory element of colonial rule
that sought to address poverty, where and why did it fall down? The
answers offer revealing insight into the dynamics of rule in the
late colonial period in Kenya.
This is the first emotional history of the British Empire. Joanna
Lewis explores how David Livingstone's death tied together British
imperialism and Victorian humanitarianism and inserted it into
popular culture. Sacrifice and death; Superman like heroism; the
devotion of Africans; the cruelty of Arab slavery; and the
sufferings of the 'ordinary man', generated waves of sentimental
feeling. These powerful myths, images and feelings incubated down
the generations - through grand ceremonies, further exploration,
humanitarianism, Christian teaching, narratives of masculine
endeavour and heroic biography - inspiring colonial rule in Africa,
white settler pioneers, missionaries and Africans. Empire of
Sentiment demonstrates how this central African story shaped
Britain's romantic perception of itself as a humane power overseas
when the colonial reality fell far short. Through sentimental
humanitarianism, Livingstone helped sustain a British Empire in
Africa that remained profoundly Victorian, polyphonic and
ideological; whilst always understood at home as proudly liberal on
race.
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