Painting a counter-narrative of African womanhood: Reflections on how my research transformed me

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Ngunjiri, Faith Wambura ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counter narrative; Critical feminist research; Portraiture; Supplicant learner; Tempered radical

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649133437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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