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Earning an Age

Migration and Maturity in Colonial Kenya, 1895–1952

PAUL OCOBOCK
African Economic History, November 2016, 44 (1) 44-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.44.1.44
PAUL OCOBOCK
Paul Ocobock () is an assistant professor of African History at the University of Notre Dame. His forthcoming book, An Uncertain Age: The Politics of Manhood in Kenya, published with Ohio University Press, examines the power of age and masculinity in the everyday lives of African young men and the crafting of the state in Kenya in the twentieth century.
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vol. 44 no. 1 44-72
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https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.44.1.44
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online November 16, 2016.
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  1. Paul Ocobock (pocobock{at}nd.edu) is an assistant professor of African History at the University of Notre Dame. His forthcoming book, An Uncertain Age: The Politics of Manhood in Kenya, published with Ohio University Press, examines the power of age and masculinity in the everyday lives of African young men and the crafting of the state in Kenya in the twentieth century.
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