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This reprint provides an opportunity for scholars to investigate some early academic study of welfare and militarization in African society. It is an early guide to the nature and evolution of Africanist debate on war and its place in African social development.

SPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.A history of Africa from the 16th to the 18th centuries, this study concentrates on the continuing evolution of African states and cultures, the increase in external trade, and the consequences of the slave trade.The seriesis co-published in Africa with seven publishers, in the United States and Canada by the University of California Press, and in association with the UNESCO Press.

Kenyan historians chart Kenya's post-independence years.In this text, a group of Kenyan historians provide an analysis of the history of the 30 years since Kenya's independence in 1963. The first three chapters examine the transformation of the political arena from the period after World War II to the Mau Mau emergency and the period leading up to independence. There follows a section on Pax Kenyatta, when Jomo Kenyatta remained the pivotal agency in the postcolonial transformation. The chapters on the Moi eralooks to the recent past, as well as forward to the future as Kenya tries to develop its democratic procedures.North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP

This reprint provides an opportunity for scholars to investigate some early academic study of welfare and militarization in African society. It is an early guide to the nature and evolution of Africanist debate on war and its place in African social development.