Wartime Recruiting Practices, Martial Identity and Post-World War Ii Demobilization in Colonial Kenya

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ID8976378
AutoresHal Brands (Stanford University, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume46
Fascículo1
Páginas103-125
Data de publicação2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of African History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021853704000428
OpenAlexW2043958255
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

After World War II, African ex-servicemen in Kenya sought to maintain the socioeconomic gains they had accrued through service in the King's African Rifles (KAR). Looking for middle-class employment and social privileges, they challenged existing relationships within the colonial state. For the most part, veterans did not participate in national politics, believing that their goals could be achieved within the confines of colonial society. The postwar actions of KAR veterans are best explained by an examination of their initial perceptions of colonial military service. Indeed, the social and economic connotations of KAR service, combined with the massive wartime expansion of Kenyan defense forces, created a new class of Africans with distinctive characteristics and interests. These socioeconomic perceptions proved powerful after the war, often informing ex-askari action

Colonialism · Criminology · Demobilization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Kenya · Military service · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Law