Kikuyu Women and the Mau Mau Rebellion
| Title | Kikuyu Women and the Mau Mau Rebellion |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1986 |
| Authors | Presley, Cora Ann |
| Editor | Okihiro, Gary Y. |
| Book Title | In Resistance: Studies in African, Caribbean, and Afro-American History |
| Pagination | 115-137 |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Press |
| City | Amherst |
| Abstract | Based on rare oral data from women participants in the Mau Mau rebellion, this book chapter explores the role of women in the Mau Mau Rebellion (1952-1960). The author argues that women's involvement in anti-colonial activities began during the World War I era when the state forcibly recruited women into a wage labor system characterized by physical and sexual abuse. Women took part in all facets of the increasingly violent nationalist movement, including serving in the guerilla army. |
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