Overview
". . . an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible single-volume text to introduce the Mau Mau movement and its part in Kenya's nationalism and independence . . ." --International Journal of African Historical Studies"Mau Mau and Kenya is a well written work which provides a clear and candid picture of the highly complex movements that were Mau Mau." --African HistoryMau Mau and Kenya traces a unique peasant revolt against British colonialism. Was Mau Mau a national effort or an ethnic outburst? What were its political aims? Maloba describes the participants and their differing ideologies; relationships between the revolt and the conventional party politics of the Kenya African Union; and the impact of Mau Mau on decolonization in Kenya.
- | Author: Wunyabari O. Maloba
- | Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
- | Publication Date: Mar 01, 1998
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0253211662
- | ISBN-13: 9780253211668
