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Liberating minds, restoring Kenyan history : anti-imperialist resistance by progressive South Asian Kenyans, 1884-1965 / by Nazmi Durrani ; with additional material by Naila Durrani and Benegal Pereira in Gujarati and English.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Durrani, Nazmi, 1942-1990, author.
- Language:
- English
- Gujarati
- Subjects (All):
- South Asians--Kenya--History.
- South Asians.
- Kenya--History.
- Kenya.
- Kenya--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi, Kenya : Vita Books, 2017.
- Language Note:
- In English with some Gujarati.
- Summary:
- �It is my duty to take the message of revolt to other[s]. "is is the only way to liberate the victims of suffering and slavery�, Nazmi Durrani quotes W.L. Sohan in this book. Resistance to imperialism in pre-independence Kenya by progressive South Asian Kenyans propelled the Kenyan liberation struggle to new heights. "They were active in almost every field, from publishing progressive newspapers to supplying arms and material to Mau Mau. Liberating Minds consists of biographies of progressive South Asian Kenyans written by Nazmi Durrani. Originally published in Gujarati in the 1980s, they are available here in English for the first time, together with the original Gujarati. Also included is Naila Durrani�s 1987 conference paper, �Kenya Asian Participation in People�s Resistance�, while Benegal Pereira introduces Eddie H. Pereira (1915-1995) and his resistance letters to the Colonial Times Newspaper.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface: Shiraz Durrani: Arming People With Revolutionary History
- Acknowledgement
- Foreword: Vipool Kalyani: The Flambeau Remains
- Nazmi Durrani: Biographies of Progressive South Asian Kenyans
- Manilal A. Desai, 1878-1926
- Makhan Singh (1913-1973)
- Ambubhai Patel (1919-1977)
- Pio Gama Pinto (1927-1965)
- Jaswant Singh Bharaj (1935-)
- Yakub Deen and Hassan Manji
- Patriotic Kenyans: Journalists, Editors, Publishers, Printers (Part 1)
- Patriotic Kenyans: Journalists, Editors, Publishers, Printers (Part 2)
- Patriotic Kenyans: Journalists, Editors, Publishers, Printers (Part 3)
- Film Review: Moolu Manek (Gujarati, 1977)
- Remembering Heroes and their Achievements
- South Asian Kenyan Resistance in Historical Context
- Durrani, Naila (1987): South Asian Kenyan Participation in People's Resistance
- Nazmi Durrani: Historical Review of South Asian Presence in Kenya
- Nazmi Durrani: Background to Class Formation and Class Struggle
- Nazmi Durrani: Kenya's Fight for Freedom, An Introductory Reader
- Benegal Pereira: Life and Times of Eddie H. Pereira (1915 - 1995) Indian Nationalist Extraordinaire in Kenya
- Nazmi Durrani: Biographical Notes
- Teresa Ongaro: Death of a Dear Friend
- Shiraz Durrani: Nazmi Durrani, Highlights of an Activist's Life
- Nazmi, the Actor
- Nekesa and Rahim Suleman: Uvumbuzi Tales &
- Trails
- Why &
- When
- In Memory of Nazmi...
- Other Books by Nazmi Durrani
- Index of Selected Terms
- Indexing the Bigger Picture
- Vita Books Publications List
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9966-189-03-3
- 9966-1890-3-3
- OCLC:
- 1048924586
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