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- Title
The Kamba and Mau Mau: Ethnicity, Development, and Chiefship, 1952-1960.
- Authors
Osborne, Myles
- Abstract
The article discusses the participation of the Kamba people in the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s. Commonly assumed to be an anti-colonial movement dominated by the Kikuyu people, Mau Mau is instead seen to have had much wider ethnic participation. Also discussed is why not all Kamba chose to join Mau Mau, with the reasons seen as: British manipulation of Kamba ethnicity; colonial community development and welfare programs; and the position of Kamba chiefs in the conflict.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; AFRICA; KENYA; KAMBA (African people); MAU Mau (Rebel group); MAU Mau Emergency, Kenya, 1952-1960; BRITISH colonies; KIKUYU (African people); ADMINISTRATION of British colonies; COLONIAL Africa
- Publication
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2010, Vol 43, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0361-7882
- Publication type
Article