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Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau
EASTERN AFRICAN STUDIES
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Squatters & the Roots of Mau Mau 1905–63, Tabitha Kanogo
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A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855–1974, Bahru Zewde
Kakungulu & the Creation of Uganda, Michael Twaddle
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Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau 1905–63
Tabitha Kanogo
Lecturer in History
Kenyatta University
James Currey LONDON
Heinemann Kenya NAIROBI
Ohio University Press ATHENS
eBook edition published 2016
Ohio University Press
James Currey
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BRITISH LIBRARY CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Kanogo, Tabitha
Squatters and the roots of Mau Mau –
(East African Studies)
1. Kenya-Race Relations I. Title II. Series
305.8′9676′2 DT433.542
ISBN 0-85255-018-9 ISBN 0-85255-019–7 Pbk
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Kanogo, Tabitha M.
Squatters and the roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63
Includes bibliographies and index
1. Migrant agricultural laborers-Kenya-History-20th century 2. Squatters–Kenya–History–20th century 3. Mau Mau–History 4. Kikuyu (African people)-History I. Title
HD1538.K4K36 1987 307.3'36 87-11202
ISBN 0-8214-0873-9 ISBN 0-8214-0874-7 (pbk.)
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ISBN 978-1-78204-778-0 (James Currey ePub eISBN)
ISBN 978-1-78204-979-1 (James Currey ePDF eISBN)
ISBN 978-0-8214-4446-7 (Ohio University Press eISBN)
For my mother and in memory of my father
Contents
Glossary of Kikuyu and Swahili Terms used in Text
One: The Genesis of the Squatter Community, 1905–18
Land alienation among the Kikuyu
