Squatters and the roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63 /
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| Author / Creator: | Kanogo, Tabitha. |
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| Edition: | Electrinic edition. |
| Imprint: | Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2016. ©1987 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eastern African Studies Eastern African studies. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11451688 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Kikuyu and Swahili Terms used in Text; Maps; Introduction; One: The Genesis of the Squatter Community, 1905-18; Land alienation among the Kikuyu; The Kikuyu expansionist dynamic; Factors behind Kikuyu migration; Early labour recruitment; The squatter system; Kaffir farming; Kikuyu migration to the Rift Valley; Squatter settlement patterns; Squatter accumulation: livestock; The paradox of a labour shortage: squatter self-perception; The other squatters; Notes.
- Two: Settlers and Squatters: Conflict of Interests 1918-37The 1918 Resident Native Labourers Ordinance (RNLO); Additional labour legislation; Settlers and squatter stock; Settler differences over squatter stock; 'Kifagio'; Squatter resistance; Squatter production in the inter-war years; The sanctity of the White Highlands versus squatter assertion: from squatters to wage labourers; Squatter insecurity; Squatters and litigation; Notes; Three: Social Organisation among Squatters; Elders' councils (ciama); Official opposition to the kiama; Circumcision; The struggle for education.
- KISA and Karinga schoolsSelf help among squatters: the quest for education; Kikuyu Private Schools Association; The missions; Notes; Four: The Crisis: Decline in Squatter Welfare 1938-48; The 1937 Resident Native Labourers Ordinance: provisions and implications; Olenguruone; The Olenguruone scheme; Resistance at Olenguruone; The Olenguruone oath; Notes; Five: Politics of Protest: Mau Mau; Post-war political mobilisation; KCA and KAU mobilisation; Militant politics among the squatters; The social basis of Mau Mau in the White Highlands; The rise of violence.
- Mau Mau food supplies: the women's warMau Mau and the control of the Rift Valley; The return of Kikuyu squatters to the White Highlands; Notes; Six: The Post Mau Mau Period: The Independence Bargain and the Plight of the Squatters, 1955-63; The Kenya Land Freedom Army; Liberal European politics; Land and politics; The peasantisation of the White Highlands; Notes; Conclusion; List of Informants; Biographical Notes on Key Informants; Select Bibliography; Index.