Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya Osborne Myles University of Colorado Boulder
Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya Osborne Myles University of Colorado Boulder This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. The reputation, indeed, was one that…
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Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya Osborne Myles University of Colorado Boulder
This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. The reputation, indeed, was one that Kamba leaders used to leverage financial rewards from the colonial state. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East Africa's premier "martial race" by the mid-twentieth century: a people with an apparent aptitude for soldiering.
Men and women, young and old, Christians and non-Christians, and the elite and poor fought over the virtues they considered worthy of honor in their communities, and which of their visions should constitute "Kamba" identity. However, beneath this simplistic exterior was a maelstrom of argument and debate. Based on extensive archival research and more than 150 interviews, Ethnicity and Empire is one of the first books to analyze the complex process of building and shaping "tribe" over more