Vongsathorn, Kathleen (2015) "A real home" : children, family, mission, and the negotiation of life at the Kumi Children’s Leper Home in Colonial Uganda. Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, 8 (1). pp. 55-74. doi:10.1353/hcy.2015.0002 ISSN 1941-3599.

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Abstract

When missionaries founded the Kumi Children’s Leper Home in 1930, they perceived the home as an unusual opportunity to mold long-term child residents into civilized citizens of the British Empire, away from the influence of their “primitive” parents. From the perspective of child patients and their relatives, the home was a free school that offered opportunities for advancement. This article explores the dissonance between the vision and the reality of life in the children’s home, focusing on the negotiations that occurred between child leprosy patients, their families, and missionaries as each pursued their own priorities, whether for health, education, economic gain, civilization, or Christianity. In so doing, it makes a contribution to the small but growing field of colonial childhood.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN:	1941-3599
Official Date:	28 January 2015
Dates:	Date Event 28 January 2015 Available
Volume:	8
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 55-74
DOI:	10.1353/hcy.2015.0002
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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