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In colonial Tanganyika the only available labour force was predominantly male, thus men became domestic servants, even nursemaids to babies. Paradoxically, these were also militant domestics, in an occupation usually characterized by passivity and inability to organize. A wave of strikes involving domestic workers swept East Africa in the 1950s-60s. Given this unusual militancy, why did domestic servants become so politically passive after independence? Equally contradictory - how did an institution so sharply expressing class differences persist in a period when the Tanzanian state was…mehr

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In colonial Tanganyika the only available labour force was predominantly male, thus men became domestic servants, even nursemaids to babies. Paradoxically, these were also militant domestics, in an occupation usually characterized by passivity and inability to organize. A wave of strikes involving domestic workers swept East Africa in the 1950s-60s. Given this unusual militancy, why did domestic servants become so politically passive after independence? Equally contradictory - how did an institution so sharply expressing class differences persist in a period when the Tanzanian state was proclaiming "socialism" and the end of class exploitations? This book explores the institution of domestic service, disclosing processes of postcolonial class formation both as exploitation and cultural elaboration. It also uncovers gender struggles amongst workers and those who employ them.
Autorenporträt
Janet Bujra