R. Mugo Gatheru

Kenya

From Colonization to Independence, 1888-1970

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Produktbeschreibung

This book relates a series of events leading from Kenya's colonization through its emergence as an independent country. Beginning with the advent of Europeans in the late 1800s, it presents Kenya as a land of contrasts--in geography as well as people. Home to Arabs, Indians and Europeans as well as various African tribes, Kenya experienced strife throughout its colonial history. Gatheru discusses the viewpoint of the Kenyan people, enumerating the events and attitudes that led to the eruption of violence. Covered in particular are the economic, political and social policies Britain established toward its colonials. The role of Kenyan reform leaders such as Harry Thuku and Jomo Kenyatta in the country's struggle for independence is also examined. Although Gatheru is quick to establish that Britain's original intentions were admirable, he reveals how the Mau Mau rebellion, which began in 1952, was the ultimate culmination of sixty years of increasingly destructive British policies. The closing chapters of the book deal with the granting of Kenyan independence in 1963, the aftermath of independence, and the plans of Kenya's newborn government for dealing with the issues of labor, agriculture and land ownership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9780786421992
• ISBN-10: 0786421991
• Artikelnr.: 22202134

Autorenporträt

The late R. Mugo Gatheru taught African and Middle Eastern history at California State University in Sacramento. He lived in Rancho Cordova, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Introduction     
1. People of Kenya     
2. The Birth of Mistrust     
3. Mistrust Flourishes     
4. Death Wish Exploited     
5. The African Response     
6. The Kikuyu Central Association-Enter Kenyatta     
7. Closer Union Versus African Paramountcy     
8. Intercultural Relations, Part I     
9. Intercultural Relations, Part II     
10. The North Nyanza Gold Fields     
11. The Kenya Land Commission, Part I     
12. The Kenya Land Commission, Part II     
13. "Star Chamber" Legislation     
14. Tyranny Over the African Labor Force     
15. The Crisis     
16. Kenyatta Returns to Kenya     
17. What Was Mau Mau?     
18. The Psychology of the Oath     
19. The Supremacy of Settler Politics Ends     
20. The Turning Point-Enter MacLeod     
21. Education as a Necessary Tool for Independence     
22. Independence     
23. Kenya and East African Economic Integration     
24. Postscript     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index