Isbn: 9780299287849 - Mau Mau’s Children: the Making of Kenya’s Postcolonial Elite (africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture) (18 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. In 1963 David P. Sandgren went to Kenya to teach in a small, rural school for boys, where he remained for the next four years. These were heady times for Kenyans, as the nation gained its independence, approved a new constitution, and held its first elections. In the school where Sandgren taught, the sons of Gikuyu farmers rose to the challenges of this post colonial era and, in time, entered Kenyan society as adults, joining Kenya's first generation of post colonial elites. In Mau Mau's Children, Sandgren has reconnected with these former students. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, he provides readers with a collective biography of the lives of Kenya's first post colonial elite, stretching from their 1940s childhood to the peak of their careers in the 1990s. Through these interviews, Mau Mau's Children shows the trauma of growing up during the Mau Mau Rebellion, the nature of nationalism in Kenya, the new generational conflicts arising, and the significance of education and Gikuyu ethnicity on his students' path to success.…

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Condition: New. Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316. . 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Condition: New. Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316. . 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. In 1963 David P. Sandgren went to Kenya to teach in a small, rural school for boys, where he remained for the next four years. These were heady times for Kenyans, as the nation gained its independence, approved a new constitution, and held its first elections. In the school where Sandgren taught, the sons of Gikuyu farmers rose to the challenges of this post colonial era and, in time, entered Kenyan society as adults, joining Kenya's first generation of post colonial elites. In Mau Mau's Children, Sandgren has reconnected with these former students. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews, he provides readers with a collective biography of the lives of Kenya's first post colonial elite, stretching from their 1940s childhood to the peak of their careers in the 1990s. Through these interviews, Mau Mau's Children shows the trauma of growing up during the Mau Mau Rebellion, the nature of nationalism in Kenya, the new generational conflicts arising, and the significance of education and Gikuyu ethnicity on his students' path to success.…

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