We Won't Die for Fourpence
Malawian Labour and the Kariba Dam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4252422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert B Boeder (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 310-315 |
| Publication date | 1977-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00053969 |
| OpenAlex | W1975679379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Recent events in Southern Africa have focused attention on the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in that region, and this short article recalls the role of those from Malawi - before that country became independent - in the strike which held up the construction of the Kariba dam in 1959. As is well known, there had been previous strikes in this area,1 but the Kariba walk-out coincided with an outbreak of opposition to colonial rule in Nyasaland, and prompted the declaration of a state of emergency, perhaps the first unmistakeable sign that the Central African Federation was doomed
Colonial rule · Colonialism · Declaration · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Opposition (politics) · Political science · State of emergency · African history and culture studies · History · Law · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |