Acknowledgments
The doctoral research upon which this book is based was generously supported by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. I would like to thank the AHRC and my doctoral supervisors – Professors Louise J. Lawrence and David G. Horrell at the University of Exeter – for their support and guidance.
Thanks also go to my family and friends – their encouragement gave me the courage and confidence to embark on the project and the stamina to complete it. Not least of them is Lucia Namushinga, who invited me to Iihongo all those years ago and made the fieldwork possible. My heartfelt gratitude goes to the Iihongo community as a whole for the numerous ways in which they helped me, got involved in the project, and for their friendship. Likewise, to Reverend Thomas Uushona – I could not have hoped for a better translator and collaborator in the group sessions than you!
This book is dedicated to my ‘second family’ – to Kuku Maria, Kuku Laban, Nekulu, Monika, Klaudia and Asser – whose hospitality and welcome knows no bounds. For making me a part of your world and for looking after me as one of your own, I am truly grateful – tangi unene!