Reviews
“…The book shows how the harrowing colonial violence enacted on the bodies and the social structures of the Gikuyu people is continuous with and perpetuated by the discriminatory assumptions informing global North-directed development initiatives in the global South…”
Professor Hannah Bradby, Uppsala University, Sweden
“This book is a must read for anyone working with or interested in reproductive and sexual health in Africa. This foundational research returns the rightful power to the participants by recognising their own cultural understandings and history, long lost through colonialism…”
Jill Trenholm, PhD, Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
“…Despite a focus on the importance of context—including that of Kenya, of the HIV-AIDS pandemic, of the contradictions and paradoxes around youth and sexuality, and health communication in postcolonial times, this book is relevant in a wide range of situations and to researchers with a variety of backgrounds…”
Carol Tishelman, Professor Emerita, Karolinska Institute
