The sweet sobs of women in response to anthropain

Anthropain is pain inflicted by human beings on other human beings.

Women experience anthropain in the negotiation of their everyday lives.

This book tells the stories of eight women and their reactions to anthropain encountered as they engage in their respective socio-economic and political struggles.

The eight women are drawn from a village in Africa. They express their feminine utu (humanness) through what is termed here 'sweet sobs'.

They weep in pain, but turn their tears into creative energy that generates resilience, hope, productivity, inspiration, positive change, and sustainable development.

This book is about shunning the ostrich mentality, avoiding living in denial, turning lemons into lemonade, and acknowledging that, while life will not always be fair, one has to negotiate in life to achieve desired outcomes.