Constructing Mau Mau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8098656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Lonsdale (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Pages | 239-260 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-4401 • E-ISSN: 1474-0648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3679170 |
| OpenAlex | W2155851862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
WHY was the Mau Mau movement in colonial Kenya believed to be so evil? It was the horror story of Britain's empire in the 1950s. Less of a military or strategic threat, it was thought to be more atrocious than either the Communists in Malaya or the Cypriot EOKA. It has lived in British memory as a symbol of African savagery, and modern Kenyans are divided by its images, militant nationalism or tribalist thuggery. This essay explores some of these constructions of Mau Mau
Ancient history · Colonialism · Empire · Militant · Nationalism · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Britain and Decolonisation
Mau Mau – Twenty Years after
Racial Segregation and the Origins of Apartheid in South Africa, 1919–36
Mau Mau and the Discourses of Decolonization
Mau Mau in Nakuru
The Southern Kikuyu Before 1903
Forced Labour in Colonial Africa
Rajahs and Rebels
Workers, Trade Unions, and the Mau Mau Rebellion
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2013 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |