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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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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