ISBN:
9781107447714
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8963953
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1963
;
Geschichte 1800-2010
;
Geschichte
;
Kolonie
;
Politik
;
Kamba (African people) / History
;
Ethnicity / Political aspects / Kenya
;
Allegiance / Kenya
;
Ethnizität
;
Loyalität
;
Kamba
;
Kolonie
;
Afrika
;
Großbritannien
;
Kenya / Politics and government / To 1963
;
Great Britain / Colonies / Africa / Administration
;
Kenia
;
Großbritannien
;
Kenia
;
Großbritannien
;
Kolonie
;
Kamba
;
Loyalität
;
Geschichte 1800-1963
;
Kenia
;
Ethnizität
;
Kamba
;
Geschichte 1800-2010
Abstract:
This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East Africa's premier 'martial race' by the mid-twentieth century: a people with an apparent aptitude for soldiering. The reputation, indeed, was one that Kamba leaders used to leverage financial rewards from the colonial state. However, beneath this simplistic exterior was a maelstrom of argument and debate. Men and women, young and old, Christians and non-Christians, and the elite and poor fought over the virtues they considered worthy of honor in their communities, and which of their visions should constitute 'Kamba' identity. Based on extensive archival research and more than 150 interviews, Ethnicity and Empire is one of the first books to analyze the complex process of building and shaping 'tribe' over more than two centuries. It reveals new ways to think about themes crucial to the history of colonialism: soldiering, 'loyalty', martial race, and indeed the nature of empire itself
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Traders, warriors, and hunters
,
Red dirt, red strangers
,
Of volunteers and conscripts
,
The destocking episode
,
War and demobilization
,
Controlling development
,
Mau Mau
,
Independence and beyond
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107447714
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107447714
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