Mau Mau Crucible of War : Statehood, National Identity, and Politics of Postcolonial Kenya

Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalité of struggle in Kenya, which reached a high water mark during the Mau Mau war of the 1950s, but which continues to resonate in Kenya today in the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all. This work catalyzes intellectual debate in various disciplines regarding not just the evolution of the Kenyan state, but also, the state in Africa. It not only engages historians of colonial and postcolonial economic and political history, but also sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and those who study personality and social branches of psychology, postcolonialism and postmodernity, social movements, armed conflict specialists, and conflict resolution analysts. Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalite of struggle in Kenya, which reached a high water mark during the Mau Mau war of the 1950s, but which continues to resonate in Kenya today in the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all. This work catalyzes intellectual debate in various disciplines regarding not just the evolution of the Kenyan state, but also, the state in Africa. It not only engages historians of colonial and postcolonial economic and political history, but also sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, and those who study personality and social branches of psychology, postcolonialism and postmodernity, social movements, armed conflict specialists, and conflict resolution analysts. Foreword By John Lonsdale -- Foreword By Robert M. Maxon -- Inside The Mau Mau Mind: Returning The Imperial Gaze In Centennial Perspective -- White Man's Country: The Colonial Foundations And Legal Architecture Of The Kenyan State -- Colonial Rupture: African Experiential Anxiety Of Transformation In Time, Space And Place, 1900-1951 -- 52 Minds On Kenya's Destiny: The View From The Above -- Drudgery In Pyrrhic Victory: Whither The Fruits Of Independence? -- Matigari Ma Njirungi: Bifurcation, Atomization And Survival Of The Mentalité Of Struggle -- Bado Mapambano, Solidarity Forever: Latter Day Travails Of Critical Publics -- The Long Kenyan Century: A People's Elusive Quest For The Good Life. Nicholas K. Githuku. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalité of struggle in Kenya, which reached a peak during the Mau Mau War of the 1950s. This struggle continues to resonate in Kenya today through the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all. Mau Mau Crucible of War is a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalite of struggle in Kenya, which reached a peak during the Mau Mau War of the 1950s. This struggle continues to resonate in Kenya today through the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all.