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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254767103321

Autore

Maloba W. O

Titolo

The Anatomy of Neo-Colonialism in Kenya : British Imperialism and Kenyatta, 1963-1978 / / by W. O. Maloba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319509655

3319509659

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 393 p.)

Collana

African Histories and Modernities, , 2634-5781

Disciplina

960

Soggetti

Africa, Sub-Saharan - History

Imperialism

Great Britain - History

Africa - Politics and government

History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Imperialism and Colonialism

History of Britain and Ireland

African Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The End of Radicalism: "Throwing Oginga Odinga under the Bus" -- 3. African Socialism and the Rise of Conservative Nationalism -- 4. Defending Kenya: Looking from Within -- 5. Toward the End: Corruption, the Family and Struggles for Succession -- 6. At the End: Opening the Question of Legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

"This volume makes a compelling case for the powerful influence of key individuals acting on behalf the US and British governments on Kenyatta's political evolution. Addressing the long-neglected theme of the specific process by which a neo-colonial regime succeeded colonial rule, this is an invaluable contribution to the fields of Kenyan and modern African history." -Robert Maxon, Professor of History, West Virginia University, USA The successor to Kenyatta and Britain: An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963, this book completes the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta by examining the



mechanisms of installing a neo-colonial regime in Kenya, and how such regimes were duplicated elsewhere in Africa. It analyzes the nature and extent of the collaboration between Kenyatta, Britain and Western intelligence services to install and protect his government inKenya-a collaboration which is linked to some of Kenya's most intractable political, social and economic problems. Drawing heavily on primary sources, it examines the legacy of Kenyatta's regime, and how this legacy is felt in Kenya today.