Betty J Okot
Biographic Data
| ID | 391111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Betty J Okot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Betty J |
| FAMILY NAME | Okot |
| SIGNATURE | OKOT B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Makerere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Speargrass Blossoms
Women's land rights remain a highly contentious issue across much of contemporary Africa. Often, social infrastructures, namely the law, culture and patriarchy, are impugned for excluding women from the land. While sometimes culture sustains social injustices, it also paradoxically provides the scale of justice. With reference to post-war Acholi society, I question the role of patriarchy in buttressing the temporariness of women on the land by an…
Kun Coo Kun Coo – Men for Men and the Curse in a Blessing
The Acholi of Uganda are part of the greater Luo nation that migrated along the River Nile into East Africa. Taking ethnographic and qualitative approaches, I illustrate that Acholi orality comprises two main genera namely: oral anthology of factual narratives treated as te kwaro (roots of ancestry) and fictions (ododo). Both genres enrich contemporary understanding of Acholi relationship with war and peace through various artistic articulations,…
Speargrass Blossoms
Women's land rights remain a highly contentious issue across much of contemporary Africa. Often, social infrastructures, namely the law, culture and patriarchy, are impugned for excluding women from the land. While sometimes culture sustains social injustices, it also paradoxically provides the scale of justice. With reference to post-war Acholi society, I question the role of patriarchy in buttressing the temporariness of women on the land by an…
Kun Coo Kun Coo – Men for Men and the Curse in a Blessing
The Acholi of Uganda are part of the greater Luo nation that migrated along the River Nile into East Africa. Taking ethnographic and qualitative approaches, I illustrate that Acholi orality comprises two main genera namely: oral anthology of factual narratives treated as te kwaro (roots of ancestry) and fictions (ododo). Both genres enrich contemporary understanding of Acholi relationship with war and peace through various artistic articulations,…
Speargrass Blossoms
Women's land rights remain a highly contentious issue across much of contemporary Africa. Often, social infrastructures, namely the law, culture and patriarchy, are impugned for excluding women from the land. While sometimes culture sustains social injustices, it also paradoxically provides the scale of justice. With reference to post-war Acholi society, I question the role of patriarchy in buttressing the temporariness of women on the land by an…
Patriarchy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Blessing (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)