Mau Mau in Harlem?[electronic resour...
Horne, Gerald.

 

  • Mau Mau in Harlem?[electronic resource] :the U.S. and the liberation of Kenya /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 967.62/03
    杜威分類號: 963
    書名/作者: Mau Mau in Harlem? : the U.S. and the liberation of Kenya // Gerald Horne.
    作者: Horne, Gerald.
    出版者: New York, NY : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
    面頁冊數: x, 323 p. : : ill. ;; 25 cm.
    標題: National liberation movements - History - 20th century. - Kenya
    標題: African Americans - Attitudes - 20th century.
    標題: African Americans - History - 20th century. - Kenya
    標題: Racism - History - 20th century. - Kenya
    標題: Racism - History - 20th century. - United States
    標題: Kenya - History - Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
    標題: United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
    ISBN: 9780230101043
    ISBN: 0230101046
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Into Africa -- A British colony? -- A dangerous neighborhood -- Catastrophe looms -- Race war? -- Colonialism confronted -- Mau Mau looms -- State of emergency -- "Mau Mau" -- The United Statesarms the settlers? -- "Mau Mau"--to Little Rock -- Labor will rule? -- Working-class hero? -- A newfrontier--in Africa? -- Colonialism retreating? -- Liberation looms -- Mau Mau in Harlem?
    摘要、提要註: From the inception of a the British colony in Kenya in the late 19thnineteenth 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 symbolized Africa's struggle for freedom from European colonialism. 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 wasbrought to the University of Hawaii. Based on extensive archival research in the U.S., the U.K., and Kenya, this book not only sheds light onthe historical forces that created a U.S. President but also the unshakeable bonds that historically have historically conjoined Black America, Africa, and the United States as a whole.  Horne offers important context in understanding how a man of Kenyan descent could one day occupy the White House.
    電子資源: access to fulltext (Palgrave)
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