turn him off the farm

[Sukhomvit]

In the Out of Africa by K. Blixen, the author is telling her life in Africa. She has a farm in Kenya and Kaninu is an Africa squatter who lives inside her farm. Note that The squatters are Natives, who with their families hold a few acres on a white man’s farm

"I and Kaninu had had many heated arguments, I had indeed been threatening to turn him off the farm, all over a particular traffic of his."

Please someone tell me what is meaning of underlined words. I guess "turn off" means dismiss or sack. So that she wants to force him go away. Then what is meaning of "all over a particular traffic of his".

Thanks for your help.

 

[teechar]

Re: turn off someone

In [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] Out of Africa, by K. Blixen, the author [STRIKE]is telling[/STRIKE] talks about her life in Africa. She has a farm in Kenya, and Kaninu is an Africa squatter who lives [STRIKE]inside[/STRIKE] on her farm. Note that the squatters are natives who, with their families, hold a few acres on a white man’s farm.

"I and Kaninu had had many heated arguments, I had indeed been threatening to turn him off the farm, all over a particular traffic of his."

Can someone please [STRIKE]someone[/STRIKE] tell me what [STRIKE]is meaning of[/STRIKE] the underlined words mean? I guess "turn off" means dismiss or sack, so that she wants to force him to go away. Then what is the meaning of "all over a particular traffic of his?"

turn him off the farm, all over a particular traffic of his.

evict him from the farm because of some behaviour/association/conduct of his.

Take a look at entry #4 for "traffic" as an archaic noun in the link below.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/traffic

 

[Rover_KE]

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