Mau Mau and Kenya: An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt

by Wunyabari O. Maloba

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 History

Mau 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253211668
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	03/22/1998
Series:	Blacks in the Diaspora
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	602,516
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

WUNYABARI O. MALOBA is Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of the African Studies Program at the University of Delaware. He has published a number of articles on nationalism and decolonization.

Editorial Reviews

Anyone looking for 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 to an undergraduate readership need look no further. - John Lonsdale in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
...the book stands very well as an overview. Instructors prescribing preliminary reading for classes studying the conflicts of decolonization should ensure that it is on their lists. - Anthony Clayton in CONFLICT QUARTERLY

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