Decolonization & Independence in Kenya, 1940-93
- ISBN-10
- 0852557051
- ISBN-13
- 9780852557051
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- J. Currey
- Authors
- William Robert Ochieng', Bethwell A. Ogot
Description
The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonisation does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial past and to the process of decolonization? In particular the book raises the basic question of how far Kenya is avoidably neo-colonial? And what does neo-colonial dependence mean? The book answers these questions by discussing the dynamic between the politics of decolonization, the social history of class formation and the economics of dependence. The book ends with a provocative epilogue discussing the transformation of the post-colonial state from a single-party to a multi-party system.
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