Kenya - reading guide

Reading guide on Kenya.

Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau, 1905-63 - Tabitha Kanogo

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya - Caroline Elkins

The Nairobi General Strike, 1950: From Protest to Insurgency - David Hyde

The East African Railway Strike, 1959-60: labour’s challenge of inter-territorialism - David Hyde

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