Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-93 (Eastern African Studies) - Softcover

Ochieng, William R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852557051 ISBN 13: 9780852557051

Publisher: James Currey, 1995

Synopsis

In this text, a group of Kenyan historians provide an analysis of the history of the 30 years since Kenya's independence in 1963. The first three chapters examine the transformation of the political arena from the period after World War II to the Mau Mau emergency and the period leading up to independence. There follows a section on Pax Kenyatta, when Jomo Kenyatta remained the pivotal agency in the postcolonial transformation. The chapters on the Moi era looks to the recent past, as well as forward to the future as Kenya tries to develop its democratic procedures.

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Review:

The last fifty years are a historical minefield, and in modern Kenya writing history can be more than the pleasantly subversive activity advocated by post-modernists. The authors have the necessary qualities and they have produced the kind of history which urgently needs writing - and reading - in Kenya ... . If their historical vision is true, Kenya may yet see better days again. In the West, historians have become resigned to being ignored and irrelevant. A book like this reminds us that we too may have responsibilities and duties beyond the academic department and the promotion committee. - Richard Waller in JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL & COMMONWEALTH HISTORY

About the Author:

B. A. Ogot is the director of the Institute of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Maseno University College. He was central to the establishment of the study of history in Kenya. He was later president of the international committee of historians that drafted the Unesco General History of Africa, of which he edited volume 5. He is the author and editor of numerous other books. W. R. Ochieng' is a principal of Maseno University College. He is author and editor of several books, including Themes in Kenyan History.

About this edition

• Publisher: James Currey
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0852557051
• ISBN 13: 9780852557051
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Ogot Bethwell A., Ochieng William R.