Eine deutsche Militarstation im Innern Afrikas

Hildebrandt,

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“…29 After reporting to the bomas with their tools, askari supervisors divided them up into work groups, and they set to work on station construction and upkeep. 30 They worked until about eleven a.m., took a break during the hottest hours of the day, and resumed work in the afternoon from about three p.m. to five p.m. Drum or bell signals marked the beginning and end of each work session.…”

Section: Labor In the Bomasmentioning

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“…61 They worked hard and had no freedom of movement, but they also received regular meals and decent shelter, and they shared each other's company after the workday ended. 62 Of course, this argument should not be taken too far, 63 but it is worth noting that the hierarchical relationship between the askari guards and their chain-gang prisoners likely encompassed acts of both kindness and violence. Most importantly, these kinds of relationships offered prospects for economic security as members of askari households.…”

Section: Labor In the Bomasmentioning

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Making the Household, Making the State: Colonial Military Communities and Labor in German East Africa

Moyd

2011

Inter. Labor Working-Class Hist.

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This essay uses German East Africa as a historical example to illustrate some of the complex interrelationships between colonial labor and military practices. Analysis of African soldiers' roles in colonial labor regimes underscores the degree to which colonial militaries, labor, and punitive structures reinforced each other on a daily basis. Colonial states depended on their African soldiers, and the free and unfree laborers they recruited, conscripted, and supervised, for preservation of the German colonial state's political authority and economic viability. Moreover, these military labor practices tied soldiers' households to colonial state interests, laying the basis for new colonial cultures and campaign communities.

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Section: Labor In the Bomasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Labor In the Bomasmentioning

confidence: 99%