Kenya After 50

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Mickie Mwanzia Koster, Jerono P. Rotich

      Pages 1-15

3. Contesting History and Memories

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. The Demise and Rise of Majimbo in Independent Kenya

      • Robert M. Maxon

      Pages 19-48

   3. Recasting the Mau Mau Uprising: Reparations, Narration, and Memory

      • Mickie Mwanzia Koster

      Pages 49-63

   4. Rethinking the Shifta War Fifty Years after Independence: Myth, Memory, and Marginalization

      • Keren Weitzberg

      Pages 65-81

   5. “Rendillelane”: Spatial Views from the Periphery of Kenya

      • Hilah Segal-Klein

      Pages 83-106

   6. Politics and the Lack of Labor Militancy in Kenya: Trade Unionism after Independence

      • Eric E. Otenyo

      Pages 107-133

4. Reassessing Politics and Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. The Strategic Art of Appeasing Old Lovers while Courting New Friends: Kenya’s Foreign Relations in Retrospect

      • Mumo Nzau

      Pages 137-164

   3. Kenya at Fifty and the Betrayal of Nationalism: The Paradoxes of Two Family Dynasties

      • Wanjala S. Nasong’o

      Pages 165-187

   4. Elusive Justice: The Maasai Contestation of Land Appropriation in Kenya: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective

      • Ben Ole Koissaba

      Pages 189-219

   5. Kenya at Fifty: State Policing Reforms, Politics, and Law, 1963–2013

      • Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso, Ruth Joyce Kaguta

      Pages 221-244

   6. Continuity and Change in Kenya’s Defense and Foreign Policies: The Impact of the New Security Dilemma

      • Oscar Gakuo Mwangi

      Pages 245-266

5. Back Matter

   Pages 267-277

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This book explores the journey that Kenya has travelled as a nation since its independence on December 12, 1963. It seeks to advance understanding of the country's major milestones in the postcolonial period, the challenges and the lessons that can be learned from this experience, and the future prospects.

• Africa
• African history
• history
• independence
• international relations
• Kenya
• political science
• politics
• public policy
• reforms

“These two volumes in the "African Histories and Modernities" series, designed to provide a voice for African scholarship, do just that. … This important book makes it clear that the future is still up for grabs, but that the current generation of scholars owns the past. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (W. Arens, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)

Michael Mwenda Kithinji is an Assistant Professor of History and the interim director of the African and African-American Studies program at the University of Central Arkansas, USA. He is a recipient of the Ohio Academy of History 2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Mickie Mwanzia Koster is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas, USA. She is the recipient of the 2015 Junior Scholar Excellence Award in African Studies. She is the author of The Power of the Oath: Mau Mau Nationalism in Kenya, 1952-1960 and the co-editor of Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati.

Jerono P. Rotich is a Professor at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. Her scholarship record includes, one co-edited book, peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings. Her awards include; UNCG Board of Governors Teaching Excellence; NCAT Community Engagement scholarship and; National Phi Epsilon Kappa Society, Distinguished Advisor Award.

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