Description
| Product ID: | 9780571307746 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Trapped in History |
| Subtitle: | Kenya, Mau Mau and Me |
| Authors: | Author: Nicholas Rankin |
| Page Count: | 576 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, African history, History, History, Military history, African history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Military history, Kenya, British Empire, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. Trapped in History explores the effect the uprising on the author, who grew up as a child in the Kenya colony. The book is both a history, as well as a memoir, of the end of Empire. Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. It describes the terrifying first attacks by the guerrilla freedom fighters known as Mau Mau. Though defeated, the Mau Mau hastened the end of British rule in Kenya. Trapped in History explores the effect the uprising on the author, who grew up as a child in the Kenya colony. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-16 |