| Description |
1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Mau Mau and the struggle for land and freedom -- Historical context: imperialism and resistance -- Three pillars of resistance -- Resisting colonial violence -- Resistance in Northern Kenya: the Somali nationality -- Contradictions sharpen: settlers & homeguards create chaos -- Necessity for armed resistance -- Terrorists or freedom fighters? -- Illustrations 1: colonial violence -- Trade unions and Mau Mau -- Organising for economic and political rights -- Classes and class struggle -- Enter Makhan Singh -- Kenya's TUs in the context of TU struggles in Africa -- Workers and peasants unite for armed resistance -- Illustrations 2: trade unions -- Preparations for armed struggle -- The war begins -- The establishment of liberated territories -- The birth of Kenya Defence Council (1953) -- The Kenya parliament takes control: Kimathi is Prime Minister (1954) -- Anti-imperialist ideology -- Organisation -- Strategy -- Infrastructure -- Politics of information -- Leadership -- Women -- The Kamba nationality -- The Maasai nationality -- South Asian Kenyans -- Illustrations 3: Mau Mau -- Forces of repression -- Primary aim -- Possible shape of a Mau Mau government -- Reparation -- Neo-colonialism, the legacy of colonialism -- A prison without walls -- Sina Habari, Mwanangu: I have no news, my child -- A brief recap -- December 12th: poem by Nazmi Durrani -- Opposition continues -- Worker resistance -- Peasant resistance -- Student resistance -- December twelve movement -- Mwakenya -- Resistance goes overseas: the birth of Umoja -- Kenya committee for the release of political prisoners -- Illustrations 4: underground & overseas resistance |
| Summary |
Kenya's War of Independence restores Kenya's stolen history to its rightful place, stripped of colonial interpretations. In this expanded and revised version of his 1986 booklet, Kimaathi, Mau Mau's First Prime Minister of Kenya, Durrani covers Mau Mau's resistance to colonialism and neo-colonialism and reflects on its ideology, organisation and achievements. He sees Mau Mau in the larger context of Kenya's war of independence and looks at the influence of organised, radical trade unions as the engine of resistance, linking economic with political demands of working people. Additional chapters document the post-independence resistance by the underground December Twelve Movement-Mwakenya. Durrani captures the dynamism of transition from colonialism to neo-colonialism: "Imperialism replaced colonialism, African elites replaced White Settlers, neo-colonial government replaced colonial government. Resistance changed from the War of Independence to War of Economic Independence. Worker and peasant resistance is evident once again. History is on the march." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-360) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National liberation movements -- Kenya
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Anti-imperialist movements -- Kenya
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African history.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- East.
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Anti-imperialist movements
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National liberation movements
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007004
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Kenya -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Kenya
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018354148 |
| ISBN |
9789966189028 |
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9966189025 |
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