Trapped in History

Kenya, Mau Mau and Me

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Nicholas Rankin grew up in Kenya amid the privileged expat classes before struggling to reintegrate into British society. His memoir analyses the period of the Mau Mau uprising, against the backdrop of African nationalism under the local leadership of Jomo Kenyatta, and takes a critical look at the mindset and reactions of the colonial government and the innate tensions of the British Empire.

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