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A Struggle of Sixty-Two Days : a Play Based on the 1936-37 Strikes for 25% Wage Rise and an Eight-Hour Working Day in Kenya / Shiraz Durrani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Durrani, Shiraz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kenya--Drama.
- Kenya.
- Strikes and lockouts--Drama.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (133 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi : Vita Books, [2024]
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Cast of characters
- Act One
- The First Victory
- Scene 1: Workers are not buying food
- Nchi Yetu ni Kenya
- Play Within a Play
- Scene 1 The Classroom
- Scene 2 Home
- Scene 3 The Enemy Arrives
- Scene 2: But resist we must
- Scene 3: Battles ... And More Battles
- Never Let Go the Weapon
- Askaris Pay for Uji
- Workers Meet
- We Who Labour in Farms and Factories
- Peoples School
- What Can We Not Achieve
- Act Two
- The Taking of Positions
- Scene 1: Abdi, the Eyes and Ears
- Scene 2: Onyango 'Dies'
- Act Three
- The General Strike
- Scene 1: A Personal Affair
- Scene 2: The Picket Line
- Song of the Long Strike
- Daddy, Did You Mind the Picket Line?
- Scene 3: The Employers Despair
- Scene 4: Nchi Yetu Ni Kenya
- Back cover
- Notes:
- "Based on History of trade union movement to 1952 [by] Marhan Singh, East AFrican Publishing House (1969)."
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Durrani, Shiraz A Struggle of Sixty-Two Days
- ISBN:
- 9789914970128
- 9914970125
- Publisher Number:
- 90103055992
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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