Mau Mau and Kenya: An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt

..". an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible single-volume text to introduce the Mau Mau movement and its part in Kenya's nationalism and independence..."A -- International Journal of African Historical Studies "Mau Mau and Kenya is a well written work which provides a clear and candid picture of the highly complex movements that were Mau Mau." -- African History Mau Mau and Kenya traces a unique peasant revolt against British colonialism. Was Mau Mau a national effort or an ethnic outburst? What were its political aims? Maloba describes the participants and their differing ideologies; relationships between the revolt and the conventional party politics of the Kenya African Union; and the impact of Mau Mau on decolonization in Kenya.Maloba, Wunyabari O. is the author of 'Mau Mau and Kenya: An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt', published 1998 under ISBN 9780852557457 and ISBN 0852557450.