Politics of the Independence of Kenya

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

'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

• 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