Norman Leys and Settler Colonialism in Kenya

Leys, Colin

The Merlin Press Ltd（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780850367966

Full Description

In 1924 Norman Leys shocked liberals by revealing the truth about
settler colonialism in a best-selling book called, simply, Kenya. He
showed that settler colonialism had nothing to do with a 'civilising mission'
but meant the ruthless exploitation of African forced labour.  In 1910 he had exposed the duplicity of the
Governor of Kenya in moving the Maasai out of their traditional land to make
way for settlers. The Governor was forced to resign. Leys was demoted and
exiled.  Leys campaigned tirelessly to
try to change public opinion in Britain. He exposed the racism behind popular
support for the settlers and was prepared to accept the unpopularity this
caused. 

 

The book tells the story of what made a medical doctor a champion of
African liberation decades before it was fashionable, and why he had the impact
he had. With a Foreword by Paul Gilroy, two maps and one photos. Annexes
present selected original texts.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1.       
The making of an awkward customer

2.       
Encountering imperialism

3.       
Discovering settler colonialism

4.       
Exile, war and reflection

5.       
Brailsford

6.       
Writing Kenya

7.       
The problem of 
phariseeism

8.       
The difficult years

9.       
The verdict of history 

10.   
Intellectual legacy

11.   
The man himself

 Endnotes

 

Appendices:

1.       
The letter to the Colonial Secretary (1918)

2.       
The Problems of East Africa (1919)

3.       
Preface to the Third Edition of Kenya (1926)

4.       
African Mentality (1931)

 

Author's
note and acknowledgments

Index