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Decolonization & independence in Kenya, 1940-93

Author: Bethwell A Ogot; William Robert Ochieng'
Publisher: London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1995.
Series: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonisation 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  Read more...
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Decolonization & independence in Kenya, 1940-93.
London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1995
(OCoLC)605209643
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bethwell A Ogot; William Robert Ochieng'
ISBN: 0821410504 9780821410509 0821410512 9780821410516 085255706X 9780852557068 0852557051 9780852557051
OCLC Number: 26720046
Description: xviii, 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Prologue : on decolonization / W.R. Ochieng' & E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo --
Introduction : the invention of Kenya / E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo --
Decolonization : a theoretical perspective / Wunyabari O. Maloba --
The formative years 1945-55 / E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo --
The decisive years 1956-63 / B.A. Ogot --
Structural & political changes / William R. Ochieng' --
Social & cultural changes / Robert M. Maxon --
The economics of structural adjustment / Robert Maxon & Peter Ndege --
The politics of populism ; The construction of a national culture ; Transition from single-party to multiparty political system 1989-93 / B.A. Ogot.
Series Title: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Other Titles: Decolonization and independence in Kenya
Responsibility: [edited by] B.A. Ogot and W.R. Ochieng'.

Abstract:

The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonisation 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.

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