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| Acknowledgements |
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Section One Contextualising History |
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1 Thoughts on History as the Cement of Society |
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2 | (1) |
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Irrelevant and useless discipline |
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4 | (2) |
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The Mau Mau legacy and influence |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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Conclusion: history as the cement of society |
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11 | (2) |
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2 Hazards of Post-modern Colonialism in Kenya |
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13 | (24) |
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13 | (1) |
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Neo-colonialism, 1963 to 1990 |
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15 | (1) |
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Kenyatta and neo-colonialism, 1963-1978 |
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Moi and neo-colonialism, 1978-1990 |
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18 | (4) |
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Post-modern colonialism, since 1990 |
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22 | (3) |
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Moi and post-modern colonialism |
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25 | (3) |
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Kibaki and post-modern colonialism |
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28 | (6) |
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Conclusion: the hazards of post-modern colonialism |
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34 | (3) |
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3 Africans and their Interpreters in International Relations |
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37 | (20) |
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White and black interpreters and the colonial state |
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39 | (1) |
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Euro-American rivalry in the 1950s |
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Creating the African Studies Association in the United States |
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44 | (2) |
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Interpreting Africa in the 1960s |
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46 | (2) |
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Ideological debates and the rise of the tyrants, the 1970s and 1980s |
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48 | (2) |
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Interpreting the post-cold war |
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Conclusion: Africans and their interpreters |
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54 | (3) |
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4 Africans and Intellectual Adventurism: East Africa's Intellectual Warriors |
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57 | (20) |
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Section Two Socio-economic and Political Setting |
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77 | (36) |
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5 The Creation of Poverty |
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79 | (10) |
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6 The Colonial Origins of Central Kenya Bashing |
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89 | (24) |
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The roots of colonial Gikuyu bashing, 1900-1957 |
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90 | (13) |
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Responding to colonial Gikuyu bashing |
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103 | (3) |
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Responding to Gikuyu bashing in post-colonial Kenya |
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106 | (4) |
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110 | (3) |
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Section Three Post-colonial Kenya |
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7 A Political Overview of Post-colonial Kenya, 1963-2002 |
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115 | (26) |
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115 | (1) |
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Kenyatta's presidency in the 1960s |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (2) |
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The Moi political honeymoon |
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123 | (2) |
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Imposing the fimbo ideology |
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125 | (2) |
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Challenges to the fimbo ideology |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (8) |
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138 | (3) |
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8 The Print Media and Political Change in Kenya, 1958-1998 |
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141 | (28) |
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141 | (5) |
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146 | (4) |
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Print media and Kenyatta's last decade, 1968-1978 |
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150 | (2) |
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The press and the evolution of Moi's fimbo ideology, 1978-1988 |
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152 | (7) |
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Media challenge and resistance to fimbo ideology |
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159 | (6) |
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Section Four Topical Issues of Concern |
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169 | (30) |
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9 The Role of the Media in Fighting Corruption: The Best Practices |
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10 Expectations and Disappointments in Africa-US Relations |
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183 | (16) |
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183 | (1) |
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African pre-independence period |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (4) |
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195 | (4) |
| Suggested Bibliography |
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199 | (5) |
| Chapters in Books |
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204 | (1) |
| Articles |
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205 | (2) |
| Index |
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