Power and the Presidency in Kenya : The Jomo Kenyatta Years (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Kenyatta's stateless political imagination; 2. From prison to party leader, an ambiguous ascension (1958?1961); 3. Kenyatta, land and decolonisation (1961?1963); 4. Independence and the making of a president (1963?1964); 5. Kenyatta, Meru politics and the last Mau Mau (1961/3?1965); 6. Taming oppositions: Kenyatta's 'secluded' politics (1964?1966); 7. Ruling over a divided political family (1965?1969); 8. 'Kenyatta simply will not contemplate his own death' (1970?1978); Conclusion; Sources; Bibliography; Index.