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Summary:

"A child comes of age against the violent background of Kenya's struggle for independence. Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. It describes the terrifying first attacks by the guerrilla freedom fighters known as Mau Mau. Though defeated, the Mau Mau hastened the end of British rule in Kenya. Trapped in History explores the effect the uprising on the author, who grew up as a child in the Kenya colony.The book is both a history, as well as a memoir, of the end of Empire"--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• The starting gun
• New to Africa
• Fatherland
• Mothership
• Empires of pain
• Explorations
• Exploitations
• Train line
• Churchill on safari
• The killing game
• Kariokor
• Settlers in the saddle
• New Africans
• The Indian question
• 'Lead, kindly light..."
• Arguing about empire
• High society
• Crisis
• Tigoni trouble
• London matters

• Africans in Europe
• The unheard delegates
• The land commission
• Spirit of the trees
• Leakery and Kenyatta
• A clash of shields
• Perham perturbed
• Kenyatta's return
• Squires and squatters
• Oathing
• Dreams of the dispossessed
• The power of the name
• Organising for action
• Crossing the colour line
• 'This thing, Mau Mau..."
• The blue touchpaper
• Emergency measures
• The ruck murder
• The sounds of time
• Dirty war
• The Lari massacre
• 'Respect for law and order'
• The traitor and the hero
• WEDGEWOOD and ANVIL
• Blackface
• Incarceration
• End of empire
• Independence and after
• Return of the repressed
• Torture
• The remains.

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Author/Creator:

Rankin, Nicholas, 1950- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Trapped in history: Kenya, Mau Mau and me [by Rankin, N.]

Subjects:

Rankin, Nicholas, 1950- — Childhood and youth

Mau Mau — History

Kenya — History — Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-529) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DT433.576.R36 T37 2023

ISBNs:

9780571307777 (electronic bk.)
0571307779 (electronic bk.)
0571307752 [Invalid]
9780571307753 [Invalid]
9780571307746 [Invalid]
0571307744 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1410919355

Other Control Numbers:

3729607 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp305818349