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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.

Forms

shogoa

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