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Kenyatta and Britain: An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963
Wunyabari O. Maloba
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Hardback. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTQ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
African Histories and Modernities
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319508948
SKU
V9783319508948
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About Wunyabari O. Maloba
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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