Monique and the mango rains is the compelling story of a rare friendship between a young peace corps volunteer and a midwife who became a legend. Kris holloway is riveting readers with monique and the mango rains. The short essay is a reflection piece on your reading of monique and the mango rains by kris holloway. Monique dembele saves lives and dispenses hope in a place where childbirth is a lifeanddeath matter. Waveland press monique and the mango rains two years. Renne and others published monique and the mango rains. In the book monique and the mango rains, by kris holloway is a narrative to help inform those who read it about the struggles many malian women go through especially with their health. The essay must be 500750 words equivalent to 23 doublespaced pgs. The fact that kris holloway had joined the peace corps and was willing to give up two years of her life to leave ohio and travel to troubled africa for an assignment that would be challenging speaks volumes about her as a person. Two years with a midwife in mali, by kris holloway.
You may exceed this length if needed but do not go over 4 pp. Monique and the mango rains consists of 11 chapters, along with an introduction and postscript, which largely follow holloways experiences from her first days in the village to her departure and, later, a brief return. In a remote corner of west africa, monique dembele saved lives and dispensed hope every day in a place where childbirth is a lifeanddeath matter. Monique and the mango rains notes anth 1050 unomaha.
Family dictates all decisionmaking, especially for a young girl or woman. From witnessing her first village birth to the night of monique s own tragic death, kris draws on her firstperson experiences in mali, her graduate studies. Monique and the mango rains journal of epidemiology and. Kris was trained to give health demonstrations, repair wells, build fuelconserving stoves, plant trees, and protect.
Literary ventures fund monique and the mango rains by. Two years with a midwife in mali, spoke about her experiences as a peace corps volunteer in west africa from 19891991, during her march 5, 2009 visit to campus as a cornell institute for public affairs cipa colloquium speaker. Monique and the mango rains by kris holloway librarything. Monique and the mango rains is a fascinating voyage to an unforgettable place, a voyage spent close to the ground, immersed in village life, learning firsthand the rhythms of this world. Her unquenchable passion to improve the lot of the women and children in her west african village is matched by her buoyant humour in the face of unhappy marriage and backbreaking work. Monique dembele saved lives and dispensed hope in a place where childbirth is a lifeanddeath matter. The explanation comes with a ripe, juicy mango, knocked off a tree by monique and presented to her friend.
Preventive medicine and public health area, university of alicante, campus san vicente del raspeig, ap. Two years with a midwife in mali by kris holloway free epub. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Peace corps volunteer who worked as her assistant, wrote monique and the mango rains, a memoir of their friendship.
Formats and editions of monique and the mango rains. Two years with a midwife in mali, by kris holloway american ethnologist 351. Gendered inequality from an anthropological perspective download file to see previous pages women, however, are not allowed by law of the land to own any property and in case they do, then it is assumed to belong to the immediate male over them. For new customers we sometimes need processing time from 1 to 24 hours to complete the order. Two years with a mali midwife is the inspiring story of monique dembele, an accidental midwife who became a legend, and kris holloway, the young peace corps volunteer who became her closest confidante. Monique and the mango rains by kris holloway overdrive. The young, hardworking midwife won local fameor at least wide respecteven before kris holloway, a u. This powerful, pageturning story gives the reader a picture of what life is life in mali, west africa looked like through the eyes of kris. It includes a brief introduction, a postscript, and a fourpage bibliography of recommended reading featuring articles, books, and websites related to womens health in mali. You can upload a file or copy and paste the text into the submission link. Review of monique and the mango rains 1142 words cram.
The book reflects critical views from the gender or feminist pointofview. No one has time to read them all, but its important to go over them at least briefly. Family and traditional patriarchal relationships at the heart of the story is the highly communal, familydriven society of nampossela. Monique and the mango rains literary ventures fund. It is a tale of moniques unquenchable passion to better the lives of women and children in the face of poverty, unhappy marriages, and endless backbreaking work, as well as her tragic and ironic death.
Two years with a midwife in mali kindle edition by kris holloway. Two years with a midwife in mali is the powerfully influential story of a malian young woman turned dynamic midwife in a country where newborns need as many chances as possible to survive. In her book monique and the mango rains, kris shares the daytoday struggles and triumphs of her work with a village midwife in mali. Two years with a midwife in mali by kris holloway about the book monique and the mango rains is the true story of the life and death of a remarkable west african midwife, seen through the eyes of a young peace corps volunteer who worked sidebyside with her, birthing babies and caring for. Monique and the mango rains answer to question one. Mar 17, 2019 pdf download monique and the mango rains. Two years with a midwife in mali, by kris holloway in soft file forms. Review of monique and the mango rains monique and the mango rains is a memoir about a friendship that develops between kris holloway, and a midwife in the village of nampossela, mali.
Monique and the mango rains kaleidoscopic wandering. Monique is a woman in her early 20s with few supplies, inadequate space, a multitude of medical problems to treat and not enough hours in the day to tend to everything. Mango rains, as monique explains, are the small rains that come, in february and march. Monique and the mango rains is the compelling story of the authors decadelong friendship with monique, an extraordinary midwife in rural mali. Ladies birthing house part one follows kris holloway as she goes with the malian maternity specialist, monique dembele, to help a town lady going to conceive an offspring. In a small village in mali, west africa, monique saved lives and dispensed hope every day in a place where childbirth. Kris holloway, author of monique and the mango rains. Monique and the mango rains, through charting kriss friendship and two years with monique, gives us a rare insight into the daily reality of monique, both as a health worker, and a woman living in what was, and continues to be in many ways, a very patriarchal and restricted society. You may exceed the word count if needed and go up to words 4 pgs total. This autobiographical account tells the story of monique from the eyes of a white peace corps volunteer.
Monique and the mango rains is divided into ten chapters, each one subdivided into thematic sections. Review of monique and the mango rains sites at suny cortland. While attractive on many levels to kris holloway and john, it is also frustrating and mystifying to these westerners. Two years with a midwife in mali, in which she shares the compelling story of the rare friendship between the author then a young peace corps volunteer and a midwife who became a legend. From witnessing her first village birth to the night of moniques own tragic death, kris draws on her firstperson experiences in mali, her graduate studies. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Two years with a midwife in mali is the wonderful story of monique dembele, a midwife, and kris holloway, a peace corps volunteer in a small town in mali, west africa.
Dateedition newest first, dateedition oldest first. Monique is holloways doled out host, and is two years more established than holloway, who emanates an abundance of development and information regardless of her childhood. Kris holloway served in the peace corps and was assigned for 2 years to be stationed in mali. It is a tale of moniques unquenchable passion to better the lives of women and children in the face of. Monique dembele was the closest thing to a celebrity the village of nampossela, mali, ever produced. Monique and the mango rains by kris holloway book journey. Monique and the mango rains summary and study guide. Monique dembele saved lives and dispensed hope in a. Monique and the mango rains is the compelling story of a rare friendship between a young peace corps volunteer. The average student has to read dozens of books per year. Showing all editions for monique and the mango rains. Many gender stratifications are addressed in the book, such as economic. They come when the earth is dry and the heavy rains still far away to make the mangoes sweet. Along with the details of village midwife practice, holloway.
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