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Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya : the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952 / Evanson N. Wamagatta.
- Title
- Controversial chiefs in colonial Kenya : the untold story of Senior Chief Waruhiu Wa Kung'u, 1890-1952 / Evanson N. Wamagatta.
- Author
- Wamagatta, Evanson N.
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | DT433.576.K86 W36 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 189 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Kung'u, Waruhiu wa, 1890-1952
- Colonial administrators > Kenya > Biography
- Kikuyu (African people) > Biography
- Kikuyu (African people) > Politics and government
- Chiefdoms > Kiambu District
- Kiambu District (Kenya) > Politics and government > 20th century
- Kenya > Politics and government > To 1963
- Kenya > History > 1895-1963
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Early colonial chiefs in Kiambu district, 1902-1922 -- Waruhiu's early life, 1890-1916 -- Quest for power, 1917-1922 -- Relationship with the colonizers, 1922-1952 -- Relationship with the colonized, 1922-1952 -- Councilor of Kiambu Local Native Council, 1925-1952 -- Life behind the scenes, 1922-1952 -- Prelude to Waruhiu's murder, 1941-1952 -- Assassination of Senior Chief Waruhiu -- Who killed Waruhiu and why? -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781498521475
- 1498521479
- LCCN
- ^^2016002270
- OCLC
- 935495218
- SCSB-12393539
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library