Mau Mau in Harlem?: The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya

by Gerald Horne

Book Overview

From the inception of a the British colony in Kenya in the late 19th 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. The struggle in Kenya...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230339026
• ISBN13: 9780230339026
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"