Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden

Name: Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden
Director: Jean Crousillac
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-01-20

2009 · 52 min · Documentary

Numerous Kenyan women allege that they were raped by British soldiers from 1970 to 2003 — battered and abandoned by their husbands for bringing "shame on the community" — a number of Samburu women gathered and created "Umoja", a sex-segregated village where only women are allowed permanent residence.

Directed by Jean Crousillac · Written by Jean Crousillac

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