essay
Women as owners, occupants, and managers of property in colonial western Kenya
african women & the law : historical perspectives • [Boston] • Published In 1982 • Pages: 110-123
By: Hay, Margaret Jean.
Abstract
This article discusses the effects of British colonialism, 1895-1963, on women's socioeconomic status in western Kenya. It argues that male migration to towns during this period increased rural women's vulnerability to poverty. It further argues that colonial land policy, which gradually instituted private ownership of land, led to women's landlessness and economic marginalization. In the absence of the husband, women were legally reduced to mere 'care takers' of men's occupancy. Yet rural family depended on women's labor for gardening and food production.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1968-1988
- Coverage Date
- 1895-1963
- Coverage Place
- Luoland, Kenya
- Notes
- Margaret Jean Hay
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 82231480
- LCSH
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)