Three recently published novels by Kenyan women have placed Kenyan girls at the center of a magical quest.
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The story went that Nairobi was not the kind of place where girlhood could safely be experienced in public. Well into their teenage years, boys could still be boys, climbing trees and cycling everywhere and anywhere until they could barely move their legs. But girlhood was a dangerous proposition, and the only way to ensure we survived it was by sequestering us from public life.
Oduor also reminds us that for millions around the world, girlhood is a time of loss. In the novel the losses are metaphysical, with only loose connections to the real world. Ayosa battles, energies that periodically seize and try to destroy her—perhaps depressive episodes that our young heroine cannot explain to outsiders. She’s a girl navigating trauma, loss, and change with the only tools at her disposal: a big heart and a big imagination.
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