The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

by Cynthia Brantley

Book Overview

The Giriama of Kenya's coastal hinterland persistently resisted colonialism, and they were unreceptive both to Christianity and to Islam. In 1912 the British colonial authorities earmarked the Giriama as a key source of labor for the plantations Europeans were trying to develop along the coast. The Giriama, prosperous producers and traders, could not become wage laborers and maintain their successful economy, and the British demands upon this scattered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520302451
• ISBN13: 9780520302457
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"