Mau Mau in Harlem? : the U.S. and the liberation of Kenya / Gerald Horne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horne, Gerald.

Series:

Contemporary Black history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Racism.

History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Attitudes.

National liberation movements.

Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960--Participation, African American.

Kenya.

National liberation movements--Kenya--History--20th century.

African Americans--Attitudes--History--20th century.

African Americans--Kenya--History--20th century.

Racism--Kenya--History--20th century.

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

United States.

United States--Relations--Kenya.

Kenya--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

x, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

From the inception of the British colony in Kenya in the late nineteenth century, the United States has been intimately involved in the country's development. African-Americans were particularly attracted to Kenya from early on, not least because the apparent "black-white" conflict there, while symbolizing Africa's struggle for freedom from European colonialism, also seemed to mirror what they were experiencing in the U.S. It was thought that lessons could be learned from Kenya, demonstrated when Malcolm X proclaimed a "Mau Mau in Harlem" might be necessary. To counter Soviet propaganda that suggested that the U.S. was supportive of colonialism, John F. Kennedy was among those who backed a campaign to bring Kenyans to the U.S. for higher education-included among these students was Barack H. Obama, Sr., who was brought to the University of Hawaii. Based on extensive archival research in the U.S., the U.K., and Kenya, this book sheds light not only on the historical forces that created a U.S. president but also on the unshakeable bonds that have historically conjoined Black America, Africa, and the United States as a whole

Contents:

Into Africa

A British colony?

A dangerous neighborhood

Catastrophe looms

Race war?

Colonialism confronted

Mau Mau looms

State of emergency

"Mau Mau"

The United States arms the settlers?

"Mau Mau"

to Little Rock

Labor will rule?

Working-class hero?

A new frontier

in Africa?

Colonialism retreating?

Liberation looms

Mau Mau in Harlem?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230615635

9780230615632

OCLC:

315236721

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