ISBN:
978-0-521-13090-5
,
978-0-521-11382-3 /Hb.
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 250 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karte
Edition:
Reprinted
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 111
Keywords:
Kenia Geschichte
;
Mau-Mau
;
Kikuyu
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Befreiungsbewegung
;
Dekolonisation
;
Politik
;
Widerstand
;
Kolonie, britisch
Abstract:
This book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and the legacies of that conflict for the post-colonial state. There were as many Kikuyu who fought with the colonial government as there were loyalists who joined the Mau Mau rebellion. Focusing on the role of those loyalists, the book examines the ways in which residents of the country's Central Highlands sought to navigate a path through the bloodshed and uncertainty of civil war. It explores the instrumental use of violence, changes to allegiances, and the ways in which cleavages created by the war informed local politics for decades after the conflict's conclusion. Moreover, the book moves toward a more nuanced understanding of the realities and effects of counterinsurgency warfare. Based on archieval research in Kenya and the United Kingdom and insights from literature from across the social sciences, the book recontructs the dilemmas facing members of a society at war with itself and its colonial ruler. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: understanding loyalism in Kenya's civil war -- 1. Vomiting the oath: the origins of loyalism in the growth of Mau Mau -- 2. Terror and counter-terror: March 1953-April 1954 -- 3. From Mau Mau to home guard: the defeat of the insurgency -- 4. Loyalism, land, and labour: the path to self-mastery -- 5. Loyalism in the age of decolonisation -- 6. Eating the fruits of Uhuru loyalists, Mau Mau, and the post-colonial state -- Conclusion: loyalism, decolonisation, and civil war -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 225-241
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