This offers an alternative to the colonialistand nationalist explanations of the Mau Mau revolt, examining a widely studied period of Kenyan history from a new perspective.

Autorentext
S. M. SHAMSUL ALAM is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Southern Oregon University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Colonial Context Domination and Its Resistance: Writings on Mau Mau Rebel Yell: The Field Marshall's Story Women and Mau Mau Mau Mau and the Critique of Nationalism Writings as Subversion: Ngui wa Thiongo's Mau Mau Mau Mau in/as Colonial Discourse The Subaltern Writes Back Conclusion: Towards a Presentist Approach to Mau Mau