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H.R. Ole Kulet: Blossoms of the Savannah 'Women should be given a voice for society to be more cohesive.' Justify this statement using illustrations...

      

H.R. Ole Kulet: Blossoms of the Savannah

'Women should be given a voice for society to be more cohesive.' Justify this statement using illustrations from Blossoms of the Savannah

  

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Martin
Introduction

In any society, women can contribute if they are allowed to participate in the development and decision making, Among the Maa, women are oppressed, they do as their husbands tell them.
The few who get a voice like Minik ene Nkoitoi do a lot for the community.

Illustrations

Indeed, women should be empowered for the society to be more cohesive. Mama Milanoi is submissive and does not question Ole Kaelo on any decision. She, however, knows
that circumcision on her girls will not make them any better but is, in fact, an infringement of their rights. She feels guilty about 'selling' her daughter to Oloisudori but she cannot oppose her husband. Had she been allowed to contribute positively to her family, the family unit would have remained intact.

Resian is determined and she wants to go to the university but she is unable to express her wishes to her father, her father marries her off to Oloisudori against her will. She runs away and in the process the family disintegrates. Minik ene Nkoitoi, the Emakererei, is called the 'wasp' as she is helping women get a voice and the men are against it, she rescues girls and brings them to her farm at Ntare-Naaju. This is giving the girls hope and promise for a better future. The girls get scholarships to cover their education. If the Emakererei did not experience so much resistance from men, then she would have been able to help educate more women. Nabaru is also a symbol of the cohesion that can be in a society should women get a voice. She rescues Resian from the likes of enkaiboni, the female version of oloiboni. Olarinkoi's mother mistreats and insults Resian. She is able to get Resian to safety and saves her from early marriage and circumcision. When the women of' old were oppressed by Olarinkoi who lived 150 years before, they came together as they did not want to give in to the Olarinkoi's warriors and they introduced the enkamuratani and olmurunya in a bid to beat the warriors.

In the olden days, women would discipline old men who took advantage of young girls, a mother of such a girl would appeal to the women's court and at dawn all the women would let out the calves to suckle the cows freely. They would proceed to the accused man's house with all kinds of weapons and they would beat and shame him. The oloiboni would cleanse the homesteads and peace would be restored, the men would not question the justice the women meted on the accused. This shows how important a woman is in the cohesion of a society.

Conclusion

It is clear that women like Minik and Nabaru, if given a voice, can bring positive change. They help the girls escape early marriage and female circumcision, there is positive change when Minik enrolls the girls at the university.
marto answered the question on August 27, 2019 at 08:13

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