Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 276 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Osborne, Myles Ethnicity and empire in Kenya
DDC:
305.8963953
Keywords:
Ethnicity Political aspects
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Allegiance
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Kamba (African people) History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Allegiance
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British colonies
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Ethnicity ; Political aspects
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Kamba (African people)
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Colonies ; Administration
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Politics and government
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History
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Great Britain Colonies
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Administration
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Kenya Politics and government To 1963
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Africa
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Kenya
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 Traders, warriors, and hunters; Migration and trade; People of the bow; Local bonds; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Red dirt, red strangers; Ecological disaster; Red strangers; Chiefs and cattle, athiani and authority; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Of volunteers and conscripts; The ""War of theQuivers""; Communities in crisis; ""Rejects"" and""man-eaters""; An ethnic bond?; Chapter 4 The destocking episode; A reassessment in Ukambani; A march and a""sit-in""
Abstract:
Personal communicationsWebsites; Kikamba vocabularies, dictionaries, and grammars; Biblical translations in Kikamba; Unpublished theses and papers; Books and articles; Index.
Abstract:
The road to ""uhuru""[independence]Winning Kamba votes; The army; Soldiering, ethnicity, and community; Epilogue; Bibliography; Interviews; Archival sources; Kenya National Archives, Nairobi; National Archives of the United Kingdom, London; Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, Oxford; Africa Inland Mission Archives, Nairobi; Billy Graham Center Archives and Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections, Wheaton, IL; Church Missionary Society Archives, Birmingham, UK; Imperial War Museum, London; Government publications; Other periodicals and newspapers.
Abstract:
This work analyses the ethnicity in Kenya over the past 200 years, focusing on the Kamba ethnic group that inhabits eastern Kenya
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Understanding the ""Ivinda ya Ng''ombe""(Time of Cattle)Martial men; The Mombasa strikes; Conclusion; Chapter5 War and demobilization; Recruitment and service; War and""tribe""; The return of the Askaris; A new cadre of leaders; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Controlling development; Changes in everyday life; Men and women; Development and welfare for Africa; Conclusion; Chapter7 Mau Mau; Mau Mau among the Kamba; The Pipeline; British concern and the ""development deal""; Contesting ""loyalty""and chiefship; Women and virtue; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Independence and beyond.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-269) and index
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