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Communal Labor in Colonial Kenya - The Legitimization of Coercion, 1912-1930 (Hardcover)
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Communal Labor in Colonial Kenya - The Legitimization of Coercion, 1912-1930 (Hardcover)
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This book advances research into the government-forced labor used
widely in colonial Kenya from 1930 to 1963 after the passage of the
International Labor Organization's Forced Labour Convention. While
the 1930 Convention intended to mark the suppression of forced
labor practices, various exemptions meant that many coercive labor
practices continued in colonial territories. Focusing on East
Africa and the Kenya Colony, this book shows how the colonial
administration was able to exploit the exemption clause for
communal labor, thus ensuring the mobilization of African labor for
infrastructure development. As an exemption, communal labor was not
defined as forced labor but instead justified as a continuation of
traditional African and community labor practices. Despite this
ideological justification, the book shows that communal labour was
indeed an intensification of coercive labor practices and one that
penalized Africans for non-compliance with fines or imprisonment.
The use of forced labor before and after the passage of the
Convention is examined, with a focus on its use during World War II
as well as in efforts to combat soil erosion in the rural African
reserve areas in Kenya. The exploitation of female labor, the Mau
Mau war of the 1950s, civilian protests, and the regeneration of
communal labor as harambee after independence are also discussed.
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