Kenyatta and Britain: An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963

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This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s founding president. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta’s formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta’s career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from "leader to darkness and death" to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 1-7 The Two Trips and Petitions to the Center of the Empire (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 9-43 Spying on Political Activism (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 45-80 Pan Africanism: Discussions on Strategy for Liberation, Marriage, and Surveillance (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 81-107 Back Home: Politics of Nationalism, Mau Mau, Prison, and Surveillance (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 109-141 “Let Jomo Go”: Defining and Framing a Symbol (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 143-193 The Search for Alternatives (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 195-222 The Turning Point: Kenyatta and Malcolm MacDonald (W. O. Maloba)....Pages 223-272 Back Matter ....Pages 273-295