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Catherine Chipembere
Catherine Mary Ajizinga Chipembere (b 1935) is a Malawian gender activist and politician.Gordon-Chipembere, Natasha; "Watch this woman: Political widowhood, writing and the story of Catherine Mary Ajizinga Chipembere of Malawi", ''Scrutiny2'', Volume 14, Issue 2 September 2009 , pp. 9-24. She was born in 1935 in Malawi.Hahn, Andrea;Former Malawian official to visit campus", ''Southern Illinois University Carbondale'', 8 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2010. She was the wife of Malawian nationalist Henry Masauko Chipembere and is the mother of the internationally known jazz artist Masauko Chipembere Jr. She was exiled to the US from Malawi together with her husband, and later returned to Malawi and was the first woman elected to Malawi Parliament. She currently works with AIDS orphans and runs twelve pre-schools, serving more than 1,000 AIDS orphans. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrutiny2
Scrutiny (French: ''scrutin''; Late Latin: ''scrutinium''; from ''scrutari'', meaning "those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value" and originally from the Latin "scruta," meaning "broken things, rags, or rubbish.") is a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a likely mistake or failure). In Roman times, the "scrutari" of cities and towns were those who laboriously searched for valuables amidst the waste and cast-offs of others. The modern English "scrutiny" is derived from this root, indicating a careful examination or inquiry (often implying the search for a hidden mistake, misstatement, or incongruity). The word is specifically applied in the early Roman Catholic Church to the examination of the catechumens or those under instruction in the faith. They were taught the creed and the Lord's Prayer, examined therein, and exorcism, exorcized prior to baptism. The days of scrutiny varied at different periods from thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |