Trapped in History
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Trapped in History

Kenya, Mau Mau and Me

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eBook - ePub

Trapped in History

Kenya, Mau Mau and Me

About this book

Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. It describes the terrifying first attacks by the guerrilla freedom fighters known as Mau Mau. Though defeated, the Mau Mau hastened the end of British rule in Kenya. Trapped in History explores the effect the uprising on the author, who grew up as a child in the Kenya colony.
The book is both a history, as well as a memoir, of the end of Empire.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9780571307777
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
African History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraphs
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. A Note on Language
  8. Maps
  9. 1: The Starting Gun
  10. 2: New to Africa
  11. 3: Fatherland
  12. 4: Mothership
  13. 5: Empires of Pain
  14. 6: Explorations
  15. 7: Exploitations
  16. 8: Train Line
  17. 9: Churchill on Safari
  18. 10: The Killing Game
  19. 11: Kariokor
  20. 12: Settlers in the Saddle
  21. 13: New Africans
  22. 14: The Indian Question
  23. 15: ‘Lead, Kindly Light …’
  24. 16: Arguing about Empire
  25. 17: High Society
  26. 18: Crisis
  27. 19: Tigoni Trouble
  28. 20: London Matters
  29. 21: Africans in Europe
  30. 22: The Unheard Delegates
  31. 23: The Land Commission
  32. 24: Spirit of the Trees
  33. 25: Leakey and Kenyatta
  34. 26: A Clash of Shields
  35. 27: Perham Perturbed
  36. 28: Kenyatta’s Return
  37. 29: Squires and Squatters
  38. 30: Oathing
  39. 31: Dreams of the Dispossessed
  40. 32: The Power of the Name
  41. 33: Organising for Action
  42. 34: Crossing the Colour Line
  43. 35: ‘This Thing, Mau Mau …’
  44. 36: The Blue Touchpaper
  45. 37: Emergency Measures
  46. 38: The Ruck Murder
  47. 39: The Sounds of Time
  48. 40: Dirty War
  49. 41: The Lari Massacre
  50. 42: ‘Respect for Law and Order’
  51. 43: The Traitor and the Hero
  52. 44: WEDGEWOOD and ANVIL
  53. 45: Blackface
  54. 46: Incarceration
  55. 47: End of Empire
  56. 48: Independence and After
  57. 49: Return of the Repressed
  58. 50: Torture
  59. 51: The Remains
  60. Source Notes and Acknowledgements
  61. Index
  62. Plates
  63. About the Author
  64. By the Same Author
  65. Copyright