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Kenyatta and Britain

An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963

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Authors:
  1. W. O. Maloba

    1. University of Delaware, Newark, USA

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  • Uses Kenya as a model for exploring neocolonialist movements in twentieth-century Africa
  • Explores the history of nationalism and security movements in both Britain and Africa
  • Appeals to both historians and political scientists and policy analysts of sub-Saharan Africa

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. The Two Trips and Petitions to the Center of the Empire

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    Pages 9-43

  4. Spying on Political Activism

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    Pages 45-80

  5. Pan Africanism: Discussions on Strategy for Liberation, Marriage, and Surveillance

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    Pages 81-107

  6. Back Home: Politics of Nationalism, Mau Mau, Prison, and Surveillance

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    Pages 109-141

  7. “Let Jomo Go”: Defining and Framing a Symbol

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    Pages 143-193

  8. The Search for Alternatives

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    Pages 195-222

  9. The Turning Point: Kenyatta and Malcolm MacDonald

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    Pages 223-272

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 273-295
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About this book

This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s founding president. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta’s formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta’s career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from "leader to darkness and death" to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Delaware, Newark, USA

    W. O. Maloba

About the author

W. O. Maloba is Chair and Professor of the Department of Black American Studies and Professor of History at the University of Delaware, USA. 

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