Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
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- Synopsis
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As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenya's largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyusome one and a half million people. The system of prisons and work camps where thousands met their deaths was the result of a determined effort by the British to destroy all official records of their attempts to stop the Mau Mau uprising. Caroline Elkins spent a decade in London, Nairobi, and the Kenyan countryside interviewing hundreds of survivors of the camps and the British and African loyalists who detained them. The result is an account of the unraveling of the British colonial empire in Kenya - a pivotal moment in twentieth-century history with chilling parallels to America's own imperial project.
Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 478 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780805080018
- Publisher:
- Henry Holt & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 03/11/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Caroline Elkins
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.