Mau Mau and Nationhood

by Odhiambo, E. S. Atieno; Lonsdale, John

• ISBN13: 9780821414842
• ISBN10: 0821414844
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

Fifty years after the declaration of the state of emergency Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself. This new collection combines retrospective overviews with fresh research to achieve a multi-layered analysis of an enduring topic. Book jacket.

Author Biography

E. S. Atieno Odhiambo is Professor of History at Rice University, Texas John Lonsdale is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Terms & Abbreviations	p. xi
Maps	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Mau Mau & Nationhood: The untold story	p. 8
Matunda ya Uhuru, Fruits of Independence: Seven theses on nationalism in Kenya	p. 37
Authority, Gender & Violence: The war within Mau Mau's fight for land & freedom	p. 46
Writing in Revolution: Independent schooling & Mau Mau in Nyeri	p. 76
Complementary or Contending Nationhoods? Kikuyu pamphlets & songs, 1945-52	p. 97
Mau Mau & the Arming of the State	p. 121
The Battle of Dandora Swamp: Reconstructing the Mau Mau Land Freedom Army October 1954	p. 155
'Impossible to Ignore their Greatness': Survival craft in the Mau Mau forest movement	p. 176
Detention, Rehabilitation & the Destruction of Kikuyu Society	p. 191
'Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Mau Mau': The British popular press & the demoralization of empire	p. 227
Mau Mau & the Contest for Memory	p. 251
The Nation & Narration: 'The truths of the nation' & the changing image of Mau Mau in Kenyan literature	p. 268
Select Bibliography	p. 284
Index	p. 299
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