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Mau Mau from Below

Fieldwork and Experience, 1955-57 and 1962

Bibliographic Data

ID2139885
AuthorsGretha Kershaw (corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume25
Issue2
Pages274
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/485220
OpenAlexW4229984113
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited6

In 1988 I was invited to address a group of historians and social scientists concerned with Mau Mau and discuss it had been to do fieldwork during Mau Mau.' I can only make sense of my memories by broadening question. What it was like was a function of attributes I brought to and what I understood to be. This turn was strongly influenced by my informants, people who lived Mau Mau in field, and their understanding of what Mau Mau and the field were

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Unique citing works7
Citations per year0,29
Citation span1995 - 2019 (25)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9
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