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BL
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890877
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Durrani, Shiraz
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Kenya's war of independence : : Mau Mau and its legacy of resistance to colonialism and imperialism, 1948-1990 /\ by Shiraz Durrani.
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| Publication Statement
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Nairobi, Kenya :: Vita Books,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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1 online resource (448 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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9789966189028
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: 9966189025
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9789966189011
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9966189017
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-360) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Anti-imperialist movements-- Kenya.
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National liberation movements-- Kenya.
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Anti-imperialist movements.
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HISTORY / Africa / East
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HISTORY-- Africa-- Central.
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National liberation movements.
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Politics and government.
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Kenya, History, Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
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Kenya, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Kenya.
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| Dewey Classification
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967.62/03
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| LC Classification
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DT433.577.D87 2018
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