Author: Wera Ambitho
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Jomo Kenyatta and the Question of an East Africa Federation ...
Author: Wera Ambitho
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Kenya: the Land of Conflict
Author: Jomo Kenyatta
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Facing Mount Kenya
Author: Jomo Kenyatta
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9966566104
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by both insight and a tinge of romanticism. The author, proud of his African blood and ways of thought, takes the reader through a thorough and clear picture of Gikuyu life and customs, painting an almost utopian picture of their social norms and the sophisticated codes by which all aspects of the society were governed. This book is one of a kind, capturing and documenting traditions fast disappearing. It is therefore a must-read for all who want to learn about African culture.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9966566104
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by both insight and a tinge of romanticism. The author, proud of his African blood and ways of thought, takes the reader through a thorough and clear picture of Gikuyu life and customs, painting an almost utopian picture of their social norms and the sophisticated codes by which all aspects of the society were governed. This book is one of a kind, capturing and documenting traditions fast disappearing. It is therefore a must-read for all who want to learn about African culture.
Decolonization & Independence in Kenya, 1940-93
Author: Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780821410516
Category : Decolonization
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the book is a courageous reflection in the dilemmas of African nationhood. Professor B. A. Ogot says: "The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonization does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. "The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial past and to the process of decolonization? "In particular the book raises the basic question of how far Kenya is avoidably neo-colonial? And what does neo-colonial dependence mean? The book answers these questions by discussing the dynamic between the politics of decolonization, the social history of class formation and the economics of dependence. The book ends with a provocative epilogue discussing the transformation of the post-colonial state from a single-party to a multi-party system."
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 9780821410516
Category : Decolonization
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the book is a courageous reflection in the dilemmas of African nationhood. Professor B. A. Ogot says: "The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonization does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. "The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial past and to the process of decolonization? "In particular the book raises the basic question of how far Kenya is avoidably neo-colonial? And what does neo-colonial dependence mean? The book answers these questions by discussing the dynamic between the politics of decolonization, the social history of class formation and the economics of dependence. The book ends with a provocative epilogue discussing the transformation of the post-colonial state from a single-party to a multi-party system."
Power and the Presidency in Kenya
Author: Anaïs Angelo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The first study to use Jomo Kenyatta's political biography and presidency as a basis for examining the colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108494048
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The first study to use Jomo Kenyatta's political biography and presidency as a basis for examining the colonial and postcolonial history of Kenya.
Political Succession in East Africa
Author: Chris Maina Peter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
What Ifs of Jewish History
Author: Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110703762X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Counterfactual history of the Jewish past inviting readers to explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110703762X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Counterfactual history of the Jewish past inviting readers to explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.
Economic Integration in Africa
Author: Richard E. Mshomba
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316637128
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this work, Richard E. Mshomba offers an in-depth analysis of economic integration in Africa with a focus on the East African Community (EAC), arguably the most ambitious of all the regional economic blocs currently in existence in Africa. Economic Integration in Africa provides more than just an overview of regional economic blocs in Africa; it also offers a rich historical discussion on the birth and death of the first EAC starting with the onset of colonialism in the 1890s, and a systematic analysis of the birth, growth, and aspirations of the current EAC. Those objectives include forming a monetary union and eventually an East African political federation. This book also examines the African Union's aspirations for continent-wide integration as envisioned by the Abuja Treaty. Mshomba carefully argues that maturity of democracy and good governance in each country are prerequisites for the formation of a viable and sustainable East African federation and genuine continent-wide integration.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316637128
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this work, Richard E. Mshomba offers an in-depth analysis of economic integration in Africa with a focus on the East African Community (EAC), arguably the most ambitious of all the regional economic blocs currently in existence in Africa. Economic Integration in Africa provides more than just an overview of regional economic blocs in Africa; it also offers a rich historical discussion on the birth and death of the first EAC starting with the onset of colonialism in the 1890s, and a systematic analysis of the birth, growth, and aspirations of the current EAC. Those objectives include forming a monetary union and eventually an East African political federation. This book also examines the African Union's aspirations for continent-wide integration as envisioned by the Abuja Treaty. Mshomba carefully argues that maturity of democracy and good governance in each country are prerequisites for the formation of a viable and sustainable East African federation and genuine continent-wide integration.
Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Author: Vincent Bakpetu Thompson
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761865268
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Conflict in the Horn of Africa examines how the Kenya-Somalia border problem has deep roots in pre-colonial and colonial times mirroring the phenomenon of shifting territorial and human frontiers and treaties which Britain, France, Italy, and Ethiopia made before and after World Wars I and II. This book documents the Kenya-Somalia border problem from the nineteenth century, when decisions ignored African concerns, to independence, when Africans acted as the principal players. Vincent Bakpetu Thompson analyses how the crises regarding Kenya and Somalia’s domestic situations impacted their international relations in and beyond the region. This book furthers the discussion by looking at the current problems in the region that are obscured by instability, infiltrations, the repetitive influx of refugees crossing and re-crossing the border, and increasing terrorist attacks.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761865268
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Conflict in the Horn of Africa examines how the Kenya-Somalia border problem has deep roots in pre-colonial and colonial times mirroring the phenomenon of shifting territorial and human frontiers and treaties which Britain, France, Italy, and Ethiopia made before and after World Wars I and II. This book documents the Kenya-Somalia border problem from the nineteenth century, when decisions ignored African concerns, to independence, when Africans acted as the principal players. Vincent Bakpetu Thompson analyses how the crises regarding Kenya and Somalia’s domestic situations impacted their international relations in and beyond the region. This book furthers the discussion by looking at the current problems in the region that are obscured by instability, infiltrations, the repetitive influx of refugees crossing and re-crossing the border, and increasing terrorist attacks.
From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
Author: Hiroyuki Hino
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476600
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Offers an insightful yet readable study of the paths - and challenges - to social cohesion in Africa, by experienced historians, economists and political scientists.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476600
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
Offers an insightful yet readable study of the paths - and challenges - to social cohesion in Africa, by experienced historians, economists and political scientists.