Rethinking the Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya

by S. Alam

Overview

This offers an alternative to the colonialistand nationalist explanations of the Mau Mau revolt, examining a widely studied period of Kenyan history from a new perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403983749
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/17/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

S. M. SHAMSUL ALAM is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Southern Oregon University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Colonial Context Domination and Its Resistance: Writings on Mau Mau Rebel Yell: The Field Marshall's Story Women and Mau Mau Mau Mau and the Critique of Nationalism Writings as Subversion: Ngui wa Thiongo's Mau Mau Mau Mau in/as Colonial Discourse The Subaltern Writes Back Conclusion: Towards a Presentist Approach to Mau Mau

Editorial Reviews

"This is a well conducted multidisciplinary project at the intersection of history, anthropology, cultural and literary studies, and sociology. Alam offers an ambitious re-examination of the Mau Mau revolt in colonial Kenya, focusing on land and freedom. He balances meticulous attention to the empirical basis of his exploration with the theoretical and methodological in a refreshing, comparative framework." - Mamadou Diouf, Professor of History and of African American and African Studies, University of Michigan "Of the recent studies on Kenya's Mau Mau uprising, Shamsul Alam's stands out. It frames the movement correctly for what it was - a bonafide revolution that shocked Britain out of her imperial arrogance. Modestly put, Alam's book is a powerful statement that: after all is said and done, Mau Mau will take its place in history as one of the world's greatest events which helped to bring the Empire down to its knees." - Mwangi Njagi, Adjunct Professor of Modern African History, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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