Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau, 1905-1963

by Tabitha Kanogo

Book Overview

This is a study of the genesis, evolution, adaptation and subordination of the Kikuyu squatter labourers, who comprised the majority of resident labourers on settler plantations and estates in the Rift Valley Province of the White Highlands. The story of the squatter presence in the White Highlands is essentially the story of the conflicts and contradictions that existed between two agrarian systems, the settler plantation economy and the squatter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821408747
• ISBN13: 9780821408742
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"