Английская Википедия:Bernadette Kunambi
Bernadette or Bernadeta Nemphombe Kunambi (born 2 June 1934) was a Tanzanian politician.[1] She was National General Secretary of the YWCA, Chair of the Tanganyika Council of Women, and a Member of Parliament.[2]
Life
Bernadette Kunambi was born in Morogoro. She was educated at Mhonda Girls School from 1945 to 1948.[3]
She married Patrick Kunambi (1916-2011), a Chief and TANU co-founder who was best friends with Julius Nyerere.[4]
A Roman Catholic, Kunambi participated in the 1961 East Frican Lay Apostolate Meeting hosted by Bishop Blomjous at his Social Training Centre in Nyegezi.[5] In 1969 she participated in the Seminar Study Year, a program to consider the Catholic Church in Tanzania in the light of Vatican II.[6]
In 1969 Julius Nyerere appointed Kunambi, who had previously been working as a teacher, as Area Commissioner for Kilosa District.[7]
In 1980 Kunambi criticized the church for its structural inequality and the ambiguity of its stance on women: Шаблон:Quote
Works
- 'The Place of Women in the Christian Community', in Alyward Shorter (ed.) African Christian Spirituality, London: Chapman 1978, pp. 11–20
References
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- ↑ Who's Who in East Africa, 1967, p.44.
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