Kenyatta and Britain : An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963 (African Histories and Modernities)

Maloba, W. O.

Springer International Publishing AG（2017/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 295 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783319508948
• DDC分類 320.96

Full Description

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.

Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Two Trips and Petitions to the Center of the Empire.- 3. Spying on Political Activism.- 4. Pan Africanism, Discussions on Strategy for Liberation, Marriage and Surveillance.- 5. Back Home: Politics of Nationalism, Mau Mau, Prison and Surveillance.- 6. "Let Jomo Go": Defining and Framing a Symbol.- 7. The Search for Alternatives.- 8. The Turning Point: Kenyatta and Malcolm MacDonald.