Contents |
Foreword by John Lonsdale -- Foreword by Robert M. Maxon -- Inside the Mau Mau mind: "Returning the imperial" gaze in centennial perspective -- White man's country: the colonial foundations and legal architecture of the Kenyan state -- Colonial rupture: African experiential anxiety of transformation in time, space and place, 1900-1951 -- 52 minds on Kenya's destiny: the view from "the above" -- Drudgery in Pyrrhic victory: whither the fruits of independence? -- "Matigari ma Njirungi": bifurcation, atomization and survival of the mentalité of struggle -- "Bado Mapambano," solidarity forever: latter day travails of critical publics -- The long Kenyan century: a people's elusive quest for "the good life". |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-521 and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2015033416 |
ISBN | 9781498506984 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 9781498506991 (electronic) |