Rape in the Courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, 1940s–1960s

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dc.contributor.authorShadle, Brett L.en
dc.date.accessed2014-03-24en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T20:31:58Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-24T20:31:58Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the history of rape prosecutions in the African courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, from the 1940s through the first years of independence. Drawing on transcripts from African courts, it demonstrates that Gusii court elders were quite sympathetic to women who lodged rape claims. Elders handed down stiff punishments to rapists, were willing to entertain a wide definition of “indecent assault,” and did not require the extensive evidence of rape so commonly demanded by judges in Western courts (and in British courts in Kenya). Perhaps most surprisingly, men who admitted to having had sex but claimed it had been consensual were forced to prove their claims. This article advances both the historical study of rape in Africa and suggests that we reassess—or at least reserve judgment—on the nature of sexual violence in the non-West.en
dc.identifier.citationShadle, Brett L. "Rape in the Courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, 1940s–1960s," African Studies Review, Volume 51, Number 2, September 2008, pp. 27-50en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1353/arw.0.0063en
dc.identifier.issn1555-2462en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46782en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8922603&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0002020600002511en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.titleRape in the Courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, 1940s–1960sen
dc.title.serialAfrican Studies Reviewen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden

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