021: The Kitchen Dweller's Testimony

07/24/18 • 23 min

In this episode we are discussing July's book, The Kitchen Dweller's Testimony by Ladan Osman. We’re talking about: * Overview * Author, setting and context * Themes: * Female experience: workplace * Female experience: family * Female experience: relationship with oneself and women * Style and technique * Best and worst bits FOLLOW US facebook.com/thesankofabc twitter.com/thesankofabc instagram.com/thesankofa.bc goodreads.com/thesankofabc Newsletter: eepurl.com/cHg_fH SHOUTOUTS/MENTIONS Guest co-host: Michael Music: Ryan Little - Traffic Jam BBC documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-40730297/what-do-somali-women-learn-at-marriage-school Poet Zeinab Aidid:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4u0wB-NlI&t=41s

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