Mau Mau Memoirs: History, Memory, and PoliticsThis study of 13 personal accounts of the Mau Mau revolt by Kenyans, demonstrates that these memoirs serve to refute both the British version of the revolt and that of the leaders of the independent Kenyan state. It also points to the importance of Mau Mau in the making of modern Kenya. |
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Περιεχόμενα
Mau Mau and Its Interpreters | 25 |
The Mau Mau Version | 61 |
The Movement and the Oaths | 85 |
The War | 127 |
The Ordeal of Detention | 177 |
Politics | 213 |
Past and Present | 239 |
Glossary | 261 |
About the Book 283 | |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
accounts Athi River attack autobiography bands batuni Bildad Kaggia British Central Kenya Christian civilian colonial confessions Dedan Kimathi detainees detention camps district educated elders Emergency ethnic European ex-Mau Mau fighting Fought for Freedom Fred Kubai Freedom Fighter Gakaara wa Wanjau Gicaru Gikoyo Gikuyu Gucu hardcore Hola home guards Ibid itungati J. M. Kariuki Jomo Kenyatta Joram Wamweya Kahinga Wachanga KANU Karari Njama Karigo Muchai Kenya African Union Kiambu killing Kirinyaga land loyalists Maloba Manyani Mau Mau Author Mau Mau memoirs Mau Mau Twenty Mau Mau veterans mbuci memoirists memory of Mau Mohamed Mathu Murang'a myth of Mau Nairobi narratives nationalist Ngugi wa Thiong'o Nyeri Odinga official Ogot police political politicians prisoners radical resistance revolt Rift Valley role Rosberg secret movement security forces settlers Stanley Mathenge struggle Swords tion Tom Mboya Uhuru Urban Guerrilla violence warders Waruhiu Itote White women
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Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | Mau Mau Memoirs: History, Memory, and Politics |
| Συγγραφέας | Marshall S. Clough |
| Έκδοση | εικονογραφημένη |
| Εκδότης | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998 |
| ISBN | 1555875378, 9781555875374 |
| Μέγεθος | 283 σελίδες |
| Εξαγωγή αναφοράς | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |