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Kenya's war of independence : Mau Mau and its legacy of resistance to colonialism and imperialism, 1948-1990 /

Kenya's War of Independence restores Kenya's stolen history to its rightful place, stripped of colonial interpretations. In this expanded and revised version of his 1986 booklet, Kimaathi, Mau Mau's First Prime Minister of Kenya, Durrani covers Mau Mau's resistance to colonialism...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durrani, Shiraz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nairobi, Kenya : Vita Books, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Mau Mau and the struggle for land and freedom
  • Historical context: imperialism and resistance
  • Three pillars of resistance
  • Resisting colonial violence
  • Resistance in Northern Kenya: the Somali nationality
  • Contradictions sharpen: settlers & homeguards create chaos
  • Necessity for armed resistance
  • Terrorists or freedom fighters?
  • Illustrations 1: colonial violence
  • Trade unions and Mau Mau
  • Organising for economic and political rights
  • Classes and class struggle
  • Enter Makhan Singh
  • Kenya's TUs in the context of TU struggles in Africa
  • Workers and peasants unite for armed resistance
  • Illustrations 2: trade unions
  • Preparations for armed struggle
  • The war begins
  • The establishment of liberated territories
  • The birth of Kenya Defence Council (1953)
  • The Kenya parliament takes control: Kimathi is Prime Minister (1954)
  • Anti-imperialist ideology
  • Organisation
  • Strategy
  • Infrastructure
  • Politics of information
  • Leadership
  • Women
  • The Kamba nationality
  • The Maasai nationality
  • South Asian Kenyans
  • Illustrations 3: Mau Mau
  • Forces of repression
  • Primary aim
  • Possible shape of a Mau Mau government
  • Reparation
  • Neo-colonialism, the legacy of colonialism
  • A prison without walls
  • Sina Habari, Mwanangu: I have no news, my child
  • A brief recap
  • December 12th: poem by Nazmi Durrani
  • Opposition continues
  • Worker resistance
  • Peasant resistance
  • Student resistance
  • December twelve movement
  • Mwakenya
  • Resistance goes overseas: the birth of Umoja
  • Kenya committee for the release of political prisoners
  • Illustrations 4: underground & overseas resistance.