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Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya

Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya

Osborne, Myles

Hardcover

African HistoryBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 1107061040
ISBN13: 9781107061040
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 29 2014
Pages: 289
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East Africa's premier martial race by the mid-twentieth century: a people with an apparent aptitude for soldiering. The reputation, indeed, was one that Kamba leaders used to leverage financial rewards from the colonial state. However, beneath this simplistic exterior was a maelstrom of argument and debate. Men and women, young and old, Christians and non-Christians, and the elite and poor fought over the virtues they considered worthy of honor in their communities, and which of their visions should constitute Kamba identity. Based on extensive archival research and more than 150 interviews, Ethnicity and Empire is one of the first books to analyze the complex process of building and shaping tribe over more than two centuries. It reveals new ways to think about themes crucial to the history of colonialism: soldiering, loyalty, martial race, and indeed the nature of empire itself.

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