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Article: Mau Mau and Kenya: An analysis of a Peasant Revolt.
- Article from:
- The Historian
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
- Author:
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Wunyabari Maloba outlines in this study the "intenial contradictions, setbacks and triumphs" of the Mau Mau peasant resistance movement of the 1950s, which preceded independence from British colonialism in Kenya. While he argues that this was a more "national" movement than has been conceded, he is unconvincing when he makes the case for Mau Mau as a movement possessed of more than a regional compass. He does, however, succeed in providing a comprehensive review.
In three sections, Maloba presents a militant movement that was largely Kikuyu, bereft of both cosensual ideological vision and international support, and generally a fractious coalition that was held ...