Books by Noorjahan Bose, Nūrajāhāna Bosa (1)
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Daughter of the Agunmukha by Noorjahan Bose, Nūrajāhāna Bosa EN
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
How does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore, Marx and de Beauvoir and become a leading feminist campaigner? This is the riveting personal story of Noorjahan Bose, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a farming family, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha--Fire Mouth River. Abused by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself a child bride, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy. Nurtured joyfully and creatively by her mother, and mentored by local activists, she found her way into the progressive movements that would one day take ... continue