Namibia’s First Lady Monica Geingos – Beyond the orthodox First Lady setting (2015-2020)
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Date
2021
Authors
Amupanda, Job S.
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African Journal of Sociological and Psychological Studies
Abstract
Postcolonial African First Ladies are an under-researched area not only in Political Science but also from a multidisciplinary perspective. This text responds to calls for further research in this area. In southern Africa, the work of van Wyk (2017) is pioneering and helpful in providing the framework of studying First Ladies in the region. This text furthers this debate by adding to the existing literature the case of Namibia’s third First Lady, Monica Geingos, the wife of the country’s third President, Hage Gottfried Geingob. The text submits that Monica Geingos’s First ladyship is one that goes beyond orthodox setting of First Ladies operating and seen as mothers of nations and caregivers concerned about ‘soft’ social issues. The text illustrates how Geingos’s meandering through political and economic contexts not only generated debates but demonstrates that the orthodox way of looking at and studying First Ladies may not be helpful.
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First ladies, Monica Geingos
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Amupanda, J.S. (2021). Namibia’s First Lady Monica Geingos – Beyond the orthodox First Lady setting (2015-2020). African Journal of Sociological and Psychological Studies, 1(2), 117-140.