| Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya: Loyalty and Martial Race Among the Kamba, C.1800 to the Present Contributor(s): Osborne, Myles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107061040 ISBN-13: 9781107061040 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2014004591 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 289 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Osborne, Myles: - Myles Osborne is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. |
