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The Politics of the Independence of Kenya

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Keith Kyle

    1. University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

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Part of the book series: Contemporary History in Context (CHIC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. An Historical Introduction 1895–1957

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Foundation of Kenya Colony

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Rise of African Nationalism

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 25-44

    4. The Politics of Mau Mau

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 45-65

  3. The Independence of Kenya 1957–63

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Tearing Down Lyttelton

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 69-90

    3. The Bridge-Player

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 91-110

    4. Kenyatta Released

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 111-135

    5. Majimbo

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 136-159

    6. KANU Triumphant

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 160-178

    7. Uhuru na Harambee

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 179-196

    8. Epilogue

      • Keith Kyle
      Pages 197-204

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 205-258
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About this book

As with his critically acclaimed book on Suez, Keith Kyle revisits as a scholar ground that he first covered as a print and television journalist. After three introductory chapters covering the years 1895-1957, the core of the book examines in lively detail how Kenya moved from Mau Mau trauma to national freedom. The immediacy of the eye-witness, which older readers will remember from television reports, is now combined with the fruits of reflection and meticulous archival research to create a unique authoritative study of this vital period for Kenya, for Africa and for the British Empire.

Reviews

'This is the first account of Kenya's independence to be written with access to the official documents; but the author was also there at the time, as an unusually perspicacious journalist. The combination of research and personal observation...brings a unique blend of authority and immediacy to the book. The personalities come alive even as the political complexities unroll.' - Dr John Lonsdale, Trinity College, Cambridge

'...a highly accessible and much needed synthesis of the secondary literature and recently released government papers relating to Kenyan decolonization.' - Dr Philip Murphy, University of Reading

'The book reads very well and will make a real contribution to the study of the end of Empire.' - Professor T.G. Fraser, University of Ulster

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

    Keith Kyle

About the author

Keith Kyle is Visiting Professor of History at the University of Ulster.

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