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This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s founding president. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta’s formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta’s career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from "leader to darkness and death" to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West. .

Kenyatta, Jomo. --- Kenya --- Politics and government. --- Jomo Kenyatta --- Jūmū Kīnyātā --- Kenyatta, Mzee Jomo --- Kīnyātā, Jūmū --- Africa, Sub-Saharan-History. --- Imperialism. --- Great Britain-History. --- Africa-Politics and government. --- History of Sub-Saharan Africa. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- African Politics. --- Colonialism --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Political science --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- Africa, Sub-Saharan—History. --- Great Britain—History. --- Africa—Politics and government.

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“This volume makes a compelling case for the powerful influence of key individuals acting on behalf the US and British governments on Kenyatta’s political evolution. Addressing the long-neglected theme of the specific process by which a neo-colonial regime succeeded colonial rule, this is an invaluable contribution to the fields of Kenyan and modern African history.” –Robert Maxon, Professor of History, West Virginia University, USA The successor to Kenyatta and Britain: An Account of Political Transformation, 1929-1963, this book completes the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta by examining the mechanisms of installing a neo-colonial regime in Kenya, and how such regimes were duplicated elsewhere in Africa. It analyzes the nature and extent of the collaboration between Kenyatta, Britain and Western intelligence services to install and protect his government in Kenya—a collaboration which is linked to some of Kenya's most intractable political, social and economic problems. Drawing heavily on primary sources, it examines the legacy of Kenyatta's regime, and how this legacy is felt in Kenya today.

International relations. Foreign policy --- History --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- History of Eastern Europe --- History of Africa --- imperialisme --- Afrikaans --- geschiedenis --- politiek --- Europese geschiedenis --- kolonialisme --- Great Britain --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- North Africa --- Kenya --- Africa