Emergency Communal Labor and Gender in Central Province During the Mau Mau War in Kenya, 1953-1960

• Published in: Journal of the Middle East and Africa Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 25 - 50
• Main Author: Okia, Opolot
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 02.01.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Central Province; Coercion; Colonial Office; Colonialism; Colonies & territories; communal labor; Forced labor; Forced Labor Convention; Gender; ILO; Kikuyu; Management; Mau Mau; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Rural areas; Rural communities; State of Emergency; villagization; Women; Kenya

This article examines the Kenya Colony administration's use of communal labor as a punitive, coercive labor practice during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s. Faced with the Mau Mau rebellion, the administration transformed the preexisting communal labor system and began to use it on an unprec...