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Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya
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Myles Osborne's book provides a historically informed analysis of ethnicity in Kenya over the past 200 years, focusing on the Kamba ethnic group that inhabits eastern Kenya and makes up an eighth of the nation's population. The book traces the development of Kamba ethnic identity as 'martial men' from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The author examines how Kamba ethnicity was mobilized during the mid-nineteenth century, as the Kamba became the premier traders in East Africa, demonstrating how ethnicity was contested under colonial rule, when Kamba chiefs demonstrated an extraordinary ability to play on their ethnic reputation to procure benefits from the colonial administration. This suggests new ways to think about soldiering in Britain's colonies and the nature of imperial rule in Africa. The work concludes with an investigation into the politicization of Kamba ethnicity since independence, before reflecting on Kamba ethnic identity in twenty-first-century Kenya and its role in the post-election violence seen in the late 2000s.
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