2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Changes of sexuality in East Africa and the possible strategy for "single" peoples.
| Project/Area Number |
20720236
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIINO Wakana 東京外国語大学, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 准教授 (20431968)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | シングル / 寡婦 / 女性 / 結婚 / 離婚 / ケニア / ウガンダ / 社会変化 / 都市 / 村落 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I have done my research in Kenya and Uganda. In Kenya, I focused on single women in Nairobi and a Nilotic Luo people' s village in Western Kenya. I observed that the single women who deviated from the traditional norm in a village, and the single women who load a career and work in a city create mutual help relationship. So they form' living-together family' in Nairobi city. I can say that it is the new way of life for single women.
Northern Uganda had the great cultural influence by the intervention from foreign countries because of the civil war over tens of years. Traditional marriage procedure collapsed, and the number of single mother is increasing. Furthermore, I observed that people started to think women' s education is very important for their independent future.
From this study, I could show the importance and validity of focusing on" single" people to observe and analyze drastically changing societies.
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