
Sujet
Christian Kikuyu girl
Légende
Kenya, A head and shoulders portrait of an adolescent Kikuyu girl wearing a blouse and pinafore. The girl is said to be a Christian and to have refused to take the Mau Mau oath, even after Mau Mau fighters had killed her sister for refusing to cooperate. Original typescript caption: A Kikuyu girl: she is a Christian and has resisted all attempts to force her to take the Mau Mau oath. Her sister was strangled by Mau Mau for refusal to co-operate. Women are forced into service as food-carriers, and young girls often kidnapped to live in the forest as prostitutes for the gangs, 1953. 1995/076/7/8/1.13.
Date
01 févr. 1953
Crédit
Photo12/Bristol Archives/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A06_078
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,3Mo (4,5Mo) / 42,9cm x 31,1cm / 5071 x 3671 (300dpi)