“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” —Malawian saying
The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza’s quest to get an education and to build a school for young women. Roberta Laurie was one of many who helped Memory realize her vision of seeing young girls become strong and independent women who could care for themselves and their future families. During her time in Malawi, Laurie met several other women, each of whom had a story of her own. Laurie combines these personal accounts with detailed information about the country’s underlying social and political context. Readers interested in Africa, global affairs, women’s studies, development, and international education will give high marks to Weaving a Malawi Sunrise.
“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” —Malawian saying
The women of Malawi, like many other women in developing countries, struggle to find their way out of poverty and build a better life for themselves and their families. Weaving a Malawi Sunrise tells the story of Memory Chazeza’s quest to get an education and to build a school for young women. Roberta Laurie was one of many who helped Memory realize her vision of seeing young girls become strong and independent women who could care for themselves and their future families. During her time in Malawi, Laurie met several other women, each of whom had a story of her own. Laurie combines these personal accounts with detailed information about the country’s underlying social and political context. Readers interested in Africa, global affairs, women’s studies, development, and international education will give high marks to Weaving a Malawi Sunrise.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations
1 | The Dream Becomes Reality
Solstina
2 | The Warm Heart of Africa
Lucita
3 | Education for All
Shakira
4 | You Should Work Hard in School
Agness
5 | I Should Be Buried
Grace
6 | What It Means To Be an Orphan
Chifundo
7 | Life in the Village
Florence
8 | Canadians Educating African Girls
Audrey
9 | A Trip to the Lake
Chidothi
10 | The CEAG Girls
Estel
11 | Growing Up
Basimati
12 | Quietly, Malawi Begins to Starve
Henry
13 | A Global Perspective
Eunice
14 | The Dream Takes Shape
Patience
15 | Atsikana Pa Ulendo
Blandina
16 | A Moral Universe
Notes
Index
Roberta Laurie completed her master’s degree in Environmental Education and Communication at Royal Roads University. She is an instructor in the Bachelor of Communication Studies program at MacEwan University in Edmonton.
#1 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Nonfiction)
for the week of November 27, 2015 The Edmonton Journal
*The Edmonton Journal*
"Roberta Laurie, a former Rotarian, has written a book that is both
heart warming and sobering. On the one hand, we read about young
women experiencing life changing educational success. On the other
hand, we read about the challenges girls and women experience in
rural Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world.... [The
book] portrays the development of a courageous, visionary
leader.... In addition, the book is rich with the history, culture,
geography, and politics of Malawi. This material is deftly
presented as the context for the development of [the school]....
The emphasis on the stories of Memory, Christie, and the students
move the narrative forward and capture and hold readers’ interest."
[Full article at http://bit.ly/1ZBUFAm]
*ClubRunner*
"Most everyone has a place that inspires reflection and
contentment: a Paris café, a salmon run on the Miramichi River,
your grandmother’s kitchen table. Roberta Laurie is an Alberta
Rotarian who finds her place at a Malawian school for girls. The
result is intriguing and joyful. "Weaving A Malawi
Sunrise" never patronizes. Laurie is a delightful
writer.... "Weaving A Malawi Sunrise" is kind and
eloquent, by turn angry and evocative..." [Full article
at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-one-day-at-the-rotary-club]
*Blacklock's Reporter*
"...very highly recommended for academic library Contemporary
African Studies reference collections..."
*Reviewer's Bookwatch*
#5 on the Edmonton Journal's Non-fiction Bestsellers list for the
week ofJune 03, 2016.
*The Edmonton Journal*
"Laurie's moving book about gender and education in Malawi
chronicles the construction of a girls’ school through the heroic
efforts of educator Memory Chazeza and her Canadian collaborators
(including the author). The book’s chapters alternate between
stories of women the author met in Malawi while working alongside
Chazeza, vignettes from Chazeza’s life, and essential
sociopolitical context about Malawi. With a gripping narrative and
touching personal stories, the book is very accessible... Summing
Up: Recommended. General readers and lower-division
undergraduates." [Full review
at http://bit.ly/1NGTES5]
*Choice Magazine*
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