Mau Mau From WithinAuthor :
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Published : Saturday 16 January 2021
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The inside story of the struggles of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, referred to by British colonialism as the Mau Mau rebellion, is little known today. The autobiographical material written by Karari Njama (a senior leader in the Mau Mau hierarchy) and compiled by Donald L. Barnett was first published by Monthly Review Press in 1966, as Mau Mau From Within: An analysis of Kenyas Peasant Revolt. It was reprinted in 1970; it has remained out of print for many years. As the late Basil Davidson put it in his review of the first edition: Njama writes of the forest leaders efforts to overcome dissension, to evolve effective tactics, to keep discipline, mete out justice... and to teach men how to survive in those merciless forests. His narrative is crowded with excitement. Those who know much of Africa and those who know little will alike find it compulsive reading. Some 10,000 Africans died fighting in those years . Here, in the harsh detail of everyday experience, are the reasons wh
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