When a Kenyan woman took up a man's job, people scoffed. She persevered
by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times
Oct 13, 2017
3 minutes
NAIROBI, Kenya - When Faith Khakai started up work as a motorcycle taxi driver in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, it scandalized her neighbors.
"They say, 'Women are weak,'" she recalled. "They say, 'There are things that men can do but women can't.'"
People warned her she would become infertile. Men whispered sinister warnings to her husband.
"The neighbors say I could be cursed and have an accident," she said. "There were some who even told my husband that now that he has allowed me to ride a bike, I will befriend other men and
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