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[Kenya oral history project.

Title
[Kenya oral history project. The Gachoco interviews] [videorecording].
Author
Kenya Oral History Centre.
Publication
Nairobi : Kenya Oral History Centre, 2004.

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Additional Authors
Elkins, Caroline
Description
10 videodiscs : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
A collection of 10 interviews documenting the lives of Kikuyu men and women who fought and survived the Mau Mau war. The interviews took place in Sept. 2004, in Gachocho village, Kigumo, Murang'a District.
Alternative Title
  • Kenyan oral history project
  • Kenya Oral History Centre interviews
  • KOHC interviews
  • Gachoco transcripts
Subject
  • Mau Mau > Interviews
  • 1952-1960
  • Kikuyu (African people) > Kenya > History
  • Kikuyu (African people) > Kenya > Biography
  • Kikuyu (African people) > Kenya > Interviews
  • Kenya > History > Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 > Personal narratives, Kikuyu
  • Kenya > History > Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 > Sources
  • Murang'a District (Kenya) > History > Sources
Genre/Form
DVD-Video discs.
Note
  • Collection-level cataloging.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Project director: Caroline Elkins.
  • The DVD collection does not include the interview of Virginia Ruguru Thiong'o, who appears as 2nd interviewee in the accompanying transcripts; in its place is the interview of Achieng Oneko, in English.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Biography (note)
  • The Kenya Oral History Centre (KOHC) was founded in August 2003 by Caroline Elkins, Professor of history at Harvard University, and John Nottingham, former British colonial officer and Kenyan historian and citizen. The project is aimed at the collection of life histories of Kenyans of various ethnic groups who lived through the colonial experience.
Language (note)
  • Mostly in Kikuyu, with English subtitles. The accompanying book contains and English translation of the original interview transcripts in Kikuyu.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. John Waweru Ndugire -- 2. Achieng Oneko [interviewed in English] -- 3. Ndiba Muiruri -- 4. Winnie Njeri Mbugua -- 5. Bilha Nyambura Mugo -- 6. Phillis Waithira Thumbi -- 7. Faith Njeri Njuguna -- 8. Fraisa Kabura Mugo -- 9. Rispa Wairimu Hezron -- 10. Frida Wanjiku Timothy Mwangi.
OCLC
  • 567608953
  • SCSB-10821825
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library