Politics of the Independence of Kenya

Keith Kyle is Visiting Professor of History at the University of Ulster.

• PART ONE: AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 1895-1957 The Foundation of Kenya Colony The Ise of African Nationalism The Politics of Mau Mau PART TWO: THE INDEPENDENCE OF KENYA 1957-1963 Tearing Down Lyttelton The Bridge-Player Kenyatta Released Majimbo Kanu Triumphant Uhuru na Harambee Epilogue Notes Bibliography

'This is the first account of Kenya's independence to be written with access to the official documents; but the author was also there at the time, as an unusually perspicacious journalist. The combination of research and personal observation...brings a unique blend of authority and immediacy to the book. The personalities come alive even as the political complexities unroll.' - Dr John Lonsdale, Trinity College, Cambridge'...a highly accessible and much needed synthesis of the secondary literature and recently released government papers relating to Kenyan decolonization.' - Dr Philip Murphy, University of Reading'The book reads very well and will make a real contribution to the study of the end of Empire.' - Professor T.G. Fraser, University of Ulster