Moshenska, Gabriel;
(2024)
A colonial-era ‘strategic village’ in Kiambicho Forest, Kenya.
Archaeology International
, 27
(1)
pp. 212-218.
10.14324/ai.27.1.19.
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Abstract
Villagisation – the forcible removal of rural populations into internment camp-like settlements – was a policy of counterinsurgency and social engineering employed by the British colonial government in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion (1952–60). In 2021 a uniquely well-preserved example of these ‘strategic villages’ was discovered in Kiambicho Forest. This article describes a preliminary survey of the structural remains at the site, intended as a foundation for future survey and excavation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A colonial-era ‘strategic village’ in Kiambicho Forest, Kenya |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/ai.27.1.19 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/ai.27.1.19 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2024, Gabriel Moshenska. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Conflict archaeology, counterinsurgency, internment, Mau Mau, villagisation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203888 |
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