A man addresses an elderly woman as a girl approaches: dangers of circumcision to girls in Kenya. Colour lithograph by J. Ouma for Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998.
- Date:
- 1998
- Reference:
- 755386i
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About this work
Description
The man sits beside a woman preparing a large bowl of fresh vegetables outside a house with an iron roof; by contrast the elderly woman he addresses opposite appears less well off as she sits outside a more traditional thatched hut with a chicken grazing in the open
Publication/Creation
Nairobi (Mywo, P.O. Box 44412) : Produced by Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.2 x 41.9 cm
Lettering
Bears logo: Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation Umoja na Uaminifu (Women's Development Organisation and the United Trust)
Message warns that it is a father's responsibity to stop the circumcision of girls which is harmful to their health and education
Also bears lettering: with technical support from Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) 1998.
Copyright note
Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation Umoja na Uaminifu (Women's Development Organisation and the United Trust) 1998 28/07/2011 UK UkLW Transcription from the item
Reference
Wellcome Collection 755386i
Language note
In Swahili
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores