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Description

1. 375 pages : maps; 25 cm.

Summary

1. "Indians in Kenya chronicles the competing, often contradictory, strategies by which the South Asian diaspora sought a political voice in Kenya from the beginning of colonial rule in the late 1890s to independence in the 1960s. Indians' intellectual, economic, and political connections with South Asia shaped their understanding of their lives in Kenya. Sana Aiyar investigates how the many strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's political leadership, from claiming partnership with Europeans in their mission to colonize and "civilize" East Africa to successful collaborations with Afrians to battle for racial equality, including during the Mau Mau rebellion. She also explores how the hierarchical structures of colonial governance, the material inequalities between Indians and Africans, and the racialized political discourses that flourished in both colonial and postcolonial Kenya limited the success of alliances across racial and class lines"--

Series statement

1. Harvard historical studies ; 185

Uniform title

1. Harvard historical studies v. 185.

Subject

1. Since 1963
2. East Indians > Kenya
3. Indigenous peoples > Kenya
4. National characteristics, Kenyan
5. South Asian diaspora
6. Politics and culture
7. Asian diaspora
8. East Indians
9. Indigenous peoples
10. Political science
11. Politics and culture
12. Race relations
13. Kenya > Politics and government > 1963-1978
14. Kenya > History > 1963-
15. Kenya > Race relations
16. Kenya

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Introduction -- From the America of the Hindu to white man's country -- 'Civilization' in Kenya -- Political homelands across the Indian Ocean -- Between rebellion and suppression -- Negotiating nationhood -- Uhuru and exodus -- Epilogue.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. committed to retain