Kenyatta and Britain - An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963

This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's founding president. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta's formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta's career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from "leader to darkness and death" to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Two Trips and Petitions to the Center of the Empire.- 3. Spying on Political Activism.- 4. Pan Africanism, Discussions on Strategy for Liberation, Marriage and Surveillance.- 5. Back Home: Politics of Nationalism, Mau Mau, Prison and Surveillance.- 6. "Let Jomo Go": Defining and Framing a Symbol.- 7. The Search for Alternatives.- 8. The Turning Point: Kenyatta and Malcolm MacDonald.

About the author

W. O. Maloba is Chair and Professor of the Department of Black American Studies and Professor of History at the University of Delaware, USA. 

Summary

This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s founding president. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta’s formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta’s career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from "leader to darkness and death" to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West.

Product details

• Authors: W O Maloba, W. O. Maloba
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319845159
• ISBN: 978-3-31-984515-9
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 18 mm x 211 mm
• Weight: 405 g
• Illustrations: XI, 295 p.
• Series: African Histories and Modernities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Afrika, Europäische Geschichte, B, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, History, Politik und Staat, European History, Westeuropa, Subsahara-Afrika, Africa, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, auseinandersetzen, African Politics, imperialism, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Africa—Politics and government, History of Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan—History