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Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63
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Tabitha Kanogo
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English
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1987
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A social history of the Kikuyu squatters in the 'White Highlands'.
The author follows the story of the squatters farming the land in the 'White Highlands' at first unused by the Europeans. After 1923 the white settlers demanded more labour from the squatters and began to restrict their use of theland for cultivation and animal husbandry until by the early 1940s most of the squatters livestock had gone. Kanogo traces the squatters' increasing poverty and disillusion and their involvement in Mau Mau, particularly that of the women.
North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
The author follows the story of the squatters farming the land in the 'White Highlands' at first unused by the Europeans. After 1923 the white settlers demanded more labour from the squatters and began to restrict their use of theland for cultivation and animal husbandry until by the early 1940s most of the squatters livestock had gone. Kanogo traces the squatters' increasing poverty and disillusion and their involvement in Mau Mau, particularly that of the women.
North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP
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Contributor: Tabitha Kanogo
Tabitha Kanogo is professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900-50 and Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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Glossary of Kikuyu and Swahili Terms used in Text
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Maps
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Introduction
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One The Genesis of the Squatter Community, 1905-18
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Two Settlers and Squatters: Conflict of Interests 1918-37
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Three Social Organisation among Squatters
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Four The Crisis: Decline in Squatter Welfare 1938-48
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Five Politics of Protest: Mau Mau
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Six The Post Mau Mau Period: The Independence Bargain and the Plight of the Squatters, 1955-63
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Conclusion
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List of Informants
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Biographical Notes on Key Informants
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Select Bibliography
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Index
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February 21, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9781782049791
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James Currey
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Keywords for this book
Kikuyu squatters; White Highlands; social history; land farming; European settlers; labour demand; land restriction; animal husbandry; poverty; disillusion; Mau Mau; women's involvement; Kenya
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
