Post-Colonial Kenya

This engaging reassessment of postcolonial Kenya argues that the country's political turmoil over the last fifteen years is a continuation of repeating patterns of political contestation and conflict across Kenya's history.

Autorentext

Rok Ajulu (1950-2016) was a renowned Kenyan academic and internationalist. A political economist, he obtained his DPhil from Sussex University then taught successively at Leeds University (1990-1994), Rhodes University (1994-2003), the University of the Witwatersrand (2003-2007) and thereafter at the University of South Africa (2008-2010) as a research professor.

Klappentext

This engaging reassessment of postcolonial Kenya argues that the country's political turmoil over the last fifteen years is a continuation of repeating patterns of political contestation and conflict across Kenya's history.

Inhalt

Part I Chapter 1: Introduction Part II Chapter 2: The Origins of the Political Power of the Post-colonial Elite and the Making of the Post-Colony Chapter 3: Independence and the Struggle for the Control of the Post-colonial State: 1963 -1969 Chapter 4: Kenyatta and the Making of an Authoritarian State, 1969 1978 Chapter 5: Moi's Presidency and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule Part III Chapter 6: Sunset on the Moi Regime, 1992 -2002 Chapter 7: Kibaki and the Return of the Mount Kenya Crowd Epilogue