E.S. Atieno Odhiambo,John Lonsdale
Fifty years after the declaration of the state of emergency, Mau Mau still excites argument and controversy, not least in Kenya itself. ,Mau Mau and Nationhood, is a collection of essays providing the most recent thinking on the uprising and its aftermath. , The work of well-established scholars as well as of young researchers with fresh perspectives, ,Mau Mau and Nationhood, achieves a multilayered analysis of a subject of enduring interest. According to Terence Ranger, Emeritus Rhodes Professor, Oxford, â€œIn some ways the historiography of Mau Mau is a supreme example not only of ambiguity and complexity, but also of redemption of a topic once thought incapable of rational analysis.â€
History
Mau Mau and Nationhood: Arms, Authority, and Narration