Mau Mau S Children

Author : David P. Sandgren
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299287832

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Mau Mau’s Children by David P. Sandgren Pdf

In 1963 David P. Sandgren went to Kenya to teach in a small, rural school for boys, where he remained for the next four years. These were heady times for Kenyans, as the nation gained its independence, approved a new constitution, and held its first elections. In the school where Sandgren taught, the sons of Gikuyu farmers rose to the challenges of this post colonial era and, in time, entered Kenyan society as adults, joining Kenya’s first generation of post colonial elites. In Mau Mau’s Children, Sandgren has reconnects with these former students. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, he provides readers with a collective biography of the lives of Kenya’s first postcolonial elite, stretching from their 1940s childhood to the peak of their careers in the 1990s. Through these interviews, Mau Mau’s Children shows the trauma of growing up during the Mau Mau Rebellion, the nature of nationalism in Kenya, the new generational conflicts arising, and the significance of education and Gikuyu ethnicity on his students' path to success.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6613969974

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Mau Mau's Children by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marshall S. Clough
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1555875378

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Mau Mau Memoirs by Marshall S. Clough Pdf

Clough (history, U. of Northern Colorado) analyzes 13 personal accounts by Kenyans in order to make a case for not only their historical value, but their role in the struggle to define the importance of Mau Mau within Kenyan historiography and politics. He argues that the recollections of the authors, whose experiences ranged from organizing the secret movement, to supplying the guerillas, to active fighting, to resistance in the British detention camps, serve to refute both the British and Kenyan versions of the revolt. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Wambui Waiyaki Otieno,Cora Ann Presley
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1555877222

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Mau Mau's Daughter by Wambui Waiyaki Otieno,Cora Ann Presley Pdf

The autobiography of a woman who was a Kenyan nationalist fighter for the Mau Maus and later politician in Nairobi. Descended from Maasai refugees, Kikuyu frontier settlers, and autochthonous Dorobo hunter-gatherers, she tells the story of her ancestors, her childhood, how she got involved in the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s, the later story of her involvement with the Kenya African National Union, her marriage to Nairobi lawyer Silvano Melea Otieno, and the controversy over his burial, which was the impetus for the writing of this book. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0435908308

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Weep Not, Child by Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up"--P. [4] of cover.

Author : S. Alam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230606999

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Rethinking the Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya by S. Alam Pdf

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.

Author : Donnarae MacCann,Yulisa Amadu Maddy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135348793

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Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature 1985-1995 by Donnarae MacCann,Yulisa Amadu Maddy Pdf

While white racism has global dimensions, it has an unshakeable lease on life in South African political organizations and its educational system. Donnarae MacCann and Yulisa Maddy here provide a thorough and provocative analysis of South African children's literature during the key decade around Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Their research demonstrates that the literature of this period was derived from the same milieu -- intellectual, educational, religious, political, and economic -- that brought white supremacy to South Africa during colonial times. This volume is a signal contribution to the study of children's literature and its relation to racism and social conditions.

Author : Alice Wanjikũ Mangat
Publisher : Diverse Cultures Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0995739668

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Mau Mau Child Experience by Alice Wanjikũ Mangat Pdf

A fascinating and inspiring autobiography of the renown Kenyan born German author of the 'Kiswahili for beginners' books. Relevant and shrewd account of her life which many will relate to but seldom talk about. The MAU MAU CHILD EXPERIENCE is the first in a series of stories from the life of Alice Mangat that will leave you wanting more.

Author : Robert Strand
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780892213245

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Moments with Angels by Robert Strand Pdf

Suddenly, there are angels everywhere, or so we think. But haven?t they been with mankind a long time? These creatures who transcend time bring groceries to a snowbound family, and leave no footprints. In Moments with Angels, read about these messengers of God intervening for a family?s safety, and an apocalyptic warning from a mysterious hitchhiker. Thirty such stories paint an awesome picture of these celestial beings.? back cover.

Author : Robert Buijtenhuijs
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111416373

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Mau Mau – Twenty Years after by Robert Buijtenhuijs Pdf

Author : Wunyabari O. Maloba
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0852557450

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Mau Mau and Kenya by Wunyabari O. Maloba Pdf

Widens the debate about the Mau Mau revolt and adds an African voice to the examination and interpretation of an important event in African history. Maloba examines the part played by Mau Mau in Kenyan nationalism and its independence movement. Wunyabari Maloba is Associate Professor of History and Coordinator of the African Studies Program, University of Delaware North America: Indiana U Press

Author : Njeru wa Gathuma
Publisher : Mbarathi's Edge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789966522207

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Child of Mama by Njeru wa Gathuma Pdf

Child of mama is a story set in the rural Gikuyu country during the British colonial period in Kenya. Kimonde is born and grows up against this background, in the comfort of his dependable mother, Muumbi, but in the glaring absence of Mumbuuri, his father. After struggling with his studies, he secures a plum job in the city, but soon loses it, courtesy of his friends’ reckless company. Strengthened by the sympathy and encouragement from his mother and maternal uncle, he soon nds even a better job, again in the city. His attempts to form a love relationship with a life partner are thwarted by his father on the one hand, and by his fiancée on the other, for their own reasons. Child of mama is a story replete with family drama of proportions. A worthy read.

Author : Christopher Kelen,Bjorn Sundmark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317394792

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Child Autonomy and Child Governance in Children's Literature by Christopher Kelen,Bjorn Sundmark Pdf

This book explores representations of child autonomy and self-governance in children’s literature.The idea of child rule and child realms is central to children’s literature, and childhood is frequently represented as a state of being, with children seen as aliens in need of passports to Adultland (and vice versa). In a sense all children’s literature depends on the idea that children are different, separate, and in command of their own imaginative spaces and places. Although the idea of child rule is a persistent theme in discussions of children’s literature (or about children and childhood) the metaphor itself has never been properly unpacked with critical reference to examples from those many texts that are contingent on the authority and/or power of children. Child governance and autonomy can be seen as natural or perverse; it can be displayed as a threat or as a promise. Accordingly, the "child rule"-motif can be seen in Robinsonades and horror films, in philosophical treatises and in series fiction. The representations of self-ruling children are manifold and ambivalent, and range from the idyllic to the nightmarish. Contributors to this volume visit a range of texts in which children are, in various ways, empowered, discussing whether childhood itself may be thought of as a nationality, and what that may imply. This collection shows how representations of child governance have been used for different ideological, aesthetic, and pedagogical reasons, and will appeal to scholars of children’s literature, childhood studies, and cultural studies.

Author : Karari Njama,Donald L Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1988832594

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Mau Mau From Within by Karari Njama,Donald L Barnett Pdf

Mau Mau from Within is told by Karari Njama, a school teacher who was directly involved in the struggles for freedom from colonial rule, to anthropologist Donald L Barnett. As the late Basil Davidson put it: "Njama writes of the forest leaders' efforts to overcome dissension, to evolve effective tactics, to keep discipline (including sexual discipline) and mete out justice ... His narrative is crowded with excitement. Those who know much of Africa and those who know little will alike find it compulsive reading. Some 10,000 Africans died fighting in those years . Here, in the harsh detail of everyday experience, are the reasons why." Originally published as Mau Mau From Within: An analysis of Kenya's Peasant Revolt, it is a story of courage, passion, heroism, combined with recounting of colonial terror, brutality and betrayal. Far from being just an analysis of a peasant revolt, this is the inside story of the struggles of Kenya's Land and Freedom Army told from within by a person who worked closely with Dedan Kimathi. This new expanded edition includes new commentary by Karari Njama, and contributions from Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Micere Githae Mugo as well as a statement from Gitu Wa Kahengeri, Secretary General of the Mau Mau War Veterans Association.

Author : Frank Furedi
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Kenya
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038608506

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The Mau Mau War in Perspective by Frank Furedi Pdf

The book breaks new ground in following the story of the participants of the rural movement during the decade after the defeat of the Mau Mau. New archival sources and interviews provide exciting material on the mechanics of the sociology of decolonization and on the containment of rural radicalism in Kenya. For the first time an account of decolonization in Kenya based on primary sources is offered to the reader. The Mau Mau was militarily crushed in the mid-fifties, but the struggle for land rights was only contained in the post independence era of Kenya. Kikuyu squatters on European estates who formed the backbone of this movement are the main subject of this book. Furedi's account considers how the radicalization of rural protest in the so-called White Highlands led to the Mau Mau explosion and how it was sustained during the subsequent fifteen years. The book establishes a focus for discussion of these critical events through exploring the relationship between rural resistance and decolonization. The author argues that the main issue facing post-colonial policies in Kenya was to resolve the problems raised by the Mau Mau revolt. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a special emphasis on historical and political sociology, this book is aimed at students of African politics and political sociologists interested in rural revolution and revolt.