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Scram from Kenya! - an introduction |
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| Scram from Kenya - from colony to republic is intended for readers in Britain, Kenya and elsewhere interested in the end of colonial power and the birth of a republic as experienced by people living in Kenya or were involved in the dramatically unfolding story. It provides 'core-reading', a record of events, rather than a scholar's analysis of events from 1946 when the Second World War came to an end and Jomo Kenyatta, a potential leader of an independent republic, returned home to Kenya from England. |  |
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The Kenyan experience can be viewed as a microcosm in a single colony of the end of the British Empire. In a speech made at a Conference of All-African People in December 1958 Tom Mboya, one of the foremost Kenyan black African leaders, called for solidarity and urged delegates; 'tell these colonial nations - your time is past, Africa must be free, scram from Africa'. Five years later Britain did, indeed, 'scram' from the colony and Kenya gained its independence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This account draws on published materials, but it also includes hitherto unpublished accounts of some 60 people, black, brown and white who were involved in these momentous events. Audio-taped interviews, biographies, diaries, contemporary correspondence and documents are used to construct an account of significant happenings in forest, farm, Nairobi streets and political chamber. Two aims have been uppermost in the mind whilst writing. First, that people, all too frequently in conflict, should be at the centre of the story. Secondly, that all sides should be presented in a balanced account. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Although Scram from Kenya! is concerned principally with the struggles to bring about change from colony to republic the opening chapter paints the background against which that change may be understood. The epilogue attempts to draw together the wealth of material researched and present questions, hypotheses and assessments. |  |
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| Jono Kenyatta at a mass rally at kiambu in 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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are the Main Points covered by Jim Franks? Click here for Main Points |
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