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Words Are a Place to Stand

Journals by Young Women in Kibera, Kenya

University of Central Florida, eswart{at}mail.ucf.edu

The study analyzes 5 months of daily journal entries by young women residing in Kibera, the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings are similar to previous findings about young women in impoverished urban environments, revealing few female support networks among this population. However, results show many supportive, one-to-one relationships between among women, indicating that poverty and socialization may impede larger networks that could otherwise occur. They also reveal flexible relationships between so-called street and non-street women as well as the use of journals to create a private space in an otherwise completely public existence.

Key Words: slums • street girls • women's autobiographies • women's journals

Affilia, Vol. 24, No. 1, 19-30 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0886109908326735


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