Hearing Native Voices: A Field-Study of Women’s Reproductive Health in the Village of Matemwe, Island of Unguja, Zanzibar East Africa

Authors

Jeremy J. Keele, Brigham Young University
Dr. Samuel Rushforth, Brigham Young University

Keywords

native voices, reproductive health, Matemwe, Zanzibar, Africa

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

Zanzibar is a tiny archipelago nation associated with the East African country of Tanzania. Thanks in part to an ORCA grant, I spent the summer of 2000 living with the villagers of Matemwe, on the archipelago’s principal island, Unguja. While in Matemwe, I studied the condition of women’s reproductive health in the village. I conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses through in-depth interviews with over 50 men and women in the village.

Recommended Citation

Keele, Jeremy J. and Rushforth, Dr. Samuel (2013) "Hearing Native Voices: A Field-Study of Women’s Reproductive Health in the Village of Matemwe, Island of Unguja, Zanzibar East Africa," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1590.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1590