Since Pauline Konga’s breakthrough performance at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, the world has become accustomed to seeing Kenyan women medal at major championships, sweep marathons, and set world records. Yet little is known about the pioneer generation of women who paved the way for Kenya’s reputation as an international powerhouse in women’s track and field. In Kenya’s Running Women: A History, historian and former professional runner Michelle M. Sikes details the triumphs and many challenges these women faced, from the advent of Kenya’s athletics program in the colonial era through the professionalization of running in the 1980s and 1990s. Sikes reveals how over time running became a vehicle for Kenyan women to expand the boundaries of acceptable female behavior. Kenya’s Running Women demonstrates the necessity of including women in histories of African sport, and of incorporating sport into studies of African gender and nation-building.
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Michelle was a nine-year-old little girl growing up in a two-parent home who was kind and joyful until one day she was put into an uncompromising situation. Ms. Strawberry lived life on the edge with guns, money, and drugs until one day she was faced with a life decision of all time.
In the course of a year, D. Michelle Stokes lost her mother, a close friend, and her job as a head college basketball coach. She is a witness that God's grace can sustain a person through anything.
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