Mau Mau and Kenya

An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt

von Wunyabari O Maloba

242 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

". . . 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.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253211668
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.1998
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press