The River and the Source Lesson Plan

Why does Nyabura turn to Catholocism? Discuss the process that leads up to this decision.

In Luo society, when a woman's husband dies, another husband is found for the purposes of procreation and to prevent promiscuity. However, the man is not a true husband - he is only there to sire children and is under no obligation to provide for them. The man's main duty will always be to his true wife. When Nyabura's husband dies and she undergoes this half-marriage process, she questions for the first time whether Chik, the way of her people, is incorrect. When this half-marriage eventually fails, Nyabura is bitter and ready to find a new way forward. Nyabura had heard in...