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Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya: Loyalty and Martial Race among the Kamba, c.1800 to the Present
Myles Osborne
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Paperback. This work analyses the ethnicity in Kenya over the past two hundred years, focusing on the Kamba ethnic group that inhabits eastern Kenya. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107680524
SKU
V9781107680524
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About Myles Osborne
Myles Osborne is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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