Micere mugo biography of michaels
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Dr Willy Mutunga’s speech in honour of Prof Micere Mugo at Syracuse University on 3 April 2015 acknowledges her as his mentor and the mother of feminist masculinity. His speech highlights the fact that feminism fryst vatten about being, but fryst vatten not necessarily limited to one’s assigned sex. It is a summons to interrogate the deliberate and presumptuous inramning of debates on feminism to exclude men even when they are integral to unravelling entrenched concepts of hegemonic masculinity.
Dr Willy Mutunga’s speech in honour of Prof Micere Mugo at Syracuse University on 3 April 2015 acknowledges her as his mentor and the mother of feminist masculinity. His speech highlights the fact that feminism is about being, but is not necessarily limited to one’s assigned sex. It fryst vatten a summons to interrogate the deliberate and presumptuous framing of debates on feminism to exclude dock even when they are integral to unravelling entrenched concepts of hegemonic masculinity.
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Image from The Elephant.
https://www.theelephant.info/reflections/2023/08/10/we-are-because-she-is-celebrating-micere-githae-mugo/
Firoze Manji[1]
How does one summarize in an article the breadth and depth of our reflections about and love for this exceptional woman, Micere Githae Mugo? It is a fitting tribute to her that the majority of comments on social media and elsewhere have taken the form of celebrating her contributions rather than shedding tears. These tributes are filled with joy at all that Micere contributed to our collective desire for justice, dignity and freedom that she inspired in so many of us. She wrote poetry, told stories, contributed to intellectual thinking, and accepted numerous invitations to speak — even until her last days. Her generosity of spirit and her willingness to have time for everyone, especially young people, was phenomenal. Where did this energy and passion come from? This was a woman who survived torture and imprisonment and eventually ex
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“The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.” Paulo Freire
This essay creatively blends a piece I wrote for this edited volume with other reflections and email conversations with Mwalimu Micere Mugo, my mentor, teacher, and former colleague from – as she called me – her young friend.
My first ‘encounter’ with Professor Micere Mugo – my Mwalimu – was enthralling, poignant, exceptional. I first met the illustrious Mwalimu through her works, particularly the literary masterpiece My Mother’s Poem and Other Songs: Songs and Poems. This gripping and inspiring collection of poems spurred my inquiry into her life and continues to be a source of inspiration for me. I met her in person a few years later and our association morphed from mentorship to friendship. I continued to visit and communicate wit