shokoa
shoh-KOH-ah
How to say it
Swahilishokoashoh-KOH-ah
Englishforced labor
Frenchtravail forcé
Meaning
Work that people are made to do without pay and against their will, as under colonial rule or as a punishment.
Good to know
Mostly in the phrase kazi ya shokoa, forced labor. It has no plural. Also written shogoa.
Examples
- Wakoloni waliwalazimisha wanakijiji kufanya kazi ya shokoa.The colonialists forced the villagers to do forced labor.
- Babu alisimulia jinsi alivyopelekwa shokoa kujenga barabara.Grandfather told how he was taken for forced labor to build a road.
- Shokoa ilikomeshwa nchini baada ya uhuru.Forced labor was ended in the country after independence.
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