The Multivoices of Kenyan Primary School Children Learning to Read and Write
"Multivoices of Kenyan Children Learning to Read and Write provides a welcome and vivid account of an area that has remained largely unexplored: African children learning to read and write during official (teacher-controlled) times and unofficial (ch
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The Multivoices of Kenyan Primary School Children Learning to Read and Write
Esther Mukewa Lisanza
The Multivoices of Kenyan Primary School Children Learning to Read and Write
Esther Mukewa Lisanza Department of African Studies Howard University Washington, DC, USA
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To all Kenyan children
Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge several people who have made this work come to completion. My mentor Dr. Anne Haas Dyson for her suggestions on the earlier version of my introduction chapter; my fellow researchers Dr. Barbara Comber and Dr. Sophie Dewayani for their suggestions on the earlier versions of Chaps. 2 and 5, respectively. I am forever indebted to you all. I am equally very grateful to the Kenyan teachers I worked with, namely, Mrs. Kyeni and Ms. Tina, and their pupils for allowing me in their classrooms. Asanteni sana. My children Sidney, Vivian and Lilly, who inspired me from a very tender age to watch kids’ programs, read children’s stories and listen to their stories and dreams. You got me hooked to what children like. I am forever thankful for your love and support. You are the best. My husband Leonard, for your love and support over the years and for listening to my stories and dreams and above all, for reading the entire earlier version of this book! I am forever grateful. And finally, I must thank my three sisters Teresa, Beth and Hilda, for running up and down to make sure I got all t
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