A Bibliographic Essay on Kenya Colony: Political Themes and Research Sources

The listing below includes books (excluding those already noted in the essay), articles and pamphlets.

Bennett George . “The Development of Political Organizations in Kenya,” Political Studies, 5 (June 1957), 113–130.

Bennett George . “Imperial Paternalism: The Representation of African Interests in the Kenya Legislative Council,” pp. 141–169 in Essays in Imperial Government, edited by Robinson K. and Madden F. . Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963.

Bennett George . Kenya: A Political History. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.

The Christian Council of Kenya (Economic Study Group of). The Economic Development of Kenya. Nairobi: Christian Council of Kenya, 1959. (mimeo).

Delf George . Asians in East Africa. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.

Elector's Union of Kenya. An Outline of Policy for the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya. Nairobi: Van Schaik Co., 1946.

Elector's Union of Kenya. Kenya Plan. Nairobi: East African Standard Ltd., 1949.

Elector's Union of Kenya. The Kenya Land Question. London: Carey and Claridge, 1952.

“Emergency Powers in Kenya,” International Commission of Jurists Bulletin, (January, 1960), 28–31.

Fearn Hugh . An African Economy: A Study of the Economic Development of the Nyanza Province of Kenya, 1903–1953. Published for the East African Institute of Social Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961.

Gerlach Luther P. “Traders on Bicycle: A Study of Entrepreneurship and Culture Change Among the Digo and Duruma of Kenya,” Sociologus, 13 (Number 1, 1963), 32–49.

Ghai Dharam , “How Good is Kenya's Plan?,” East Africa Journal (July, 1964), 19–23; 35–36.

Ghai Dharam and Ghai Yash . “Asians in East Africa: Problems and Prospects,” Journal of Modern African Studies 3 (May, 1965) 35–51.

Goldthrope J.E. and Wilson F.B. . Tribal Maps of East Africa and Zanzibar. East African Studies No. 13. Kampala: East African Insitute of Social Research. 1960. (Based primarily on 1948 census reports.)

Gregory Robert G. Sidney Webb and East Africa: Labour's Experiment with the Doctrine of Native Paramountcy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962.

Grigg Edward Sir . The Constitutional Problem in Kenya. Cust Foundation Lecture 1933. University College, Nottingham, (n.d.).

Hailey William Malcolm Lord . Native Administration in the British African Territories. 5 Parts. London: H.M.S.O., 1950–1954. Relevant section: Part I, Chapter II, pp. 87–210, factual information, collected 1947–1948.

Hailey William Malcolm Lord . An African Survey: Revised 1956. London. Oxford University Press, 1957.

Hill M.F. Permanent Way: The Story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway. Nairobi: East African Railways and Harbors, 1949.

Hill M.F. “The White Settler's Role in Kenya,” Foreign Affairs, 38 (July 1960), 638–645.

Holland Denys C. “Law and Order in Kenya,” Current Legal Problems (1954), 173–191.

Homan F.D. “Consolidation, Enclosure and Registration of Title in Kenya,” Journal of Local Administration Overseas, 1 (January, 1962), 1–11.

Hunter Guy . The New Societies of Tropical Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 1962.

Huntingford G.W.B. Nandi: Work and Culture. Colonial Research Studies No. 4. London: H.M.S.O., 1950

Huntingford G.W.B. and Bell C.R.V. . East African Background. 2nd ed., London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1950

Jones N.S. Carey . “The Decolonization of the White Highlands in Kenya,” Geographical Journal, 131 (June 1965), 186–201.

Kayamba H.M.T. “The Modern Life of the East African Native,” Africa, 5 (1932), 50–60.

“Kenya: Mau Mau and the Kikuyu Problem,” British Survey, (May, 1954), 1–25.

Kenya National Farmers' Union. A Memorandum on Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1958/1959. Land Tenure and Control Outside the Native Lands. Nairobi: Kenya National Farmers' Union. (n.d.)

Kenya — White Man's Country? Fabian Colonial Bureau No. 78. London: Fabian Publication Ltd., 1944.

Kenyatta Jomo . HARAMBEE! The Prime Minister of Kenya's Speeches, 1963–1964. New York: Oxford University Press. 1964.

Kiano Gikonyo . “Elections in Kenya,” Africa Today (May–June, 1957), 3–6

Kiano Gikonyo . “Political Trends in Kenya,” Africa South, 3 (October–December, 1958), 69–76.

Kilson Martin . “Land and Politics in Kenya: An Analysis of African Politics in a Plural Society,” Western Political Quarterly, 10 (September, 1957), 559–581.

Krishna D.G.V. “Kenya's Economy in 1960,” East African Economic Review, 8 (June, 1961), 24–34.

Lambert H.E. Kikuyu Social and Political Insitutions. London: Oxford University Press, 1956.

MacArthur J.D. “Land Tenure and Economic Research into African Farming in Kenya,” East African Economic Review, 8 (December, 1961), 79–91.

Mason Philip . The Plural Society of Kenya. Working Paper for the 30th Study Session of the International Institute of Differing Civilizations. Lisbon, 15th-18th April, 1957.

Mazrui Ali A. “European Exploration and Africa's Self-Discovery,” Journal of Modern African Studies, VII, No. 4 (December, 1969) 661–676.

McWilliam M.D. “Economic Problems During the Transfer of Power in Kenya,” World Today, 18 (April, 1962), 164–175.

McWilliam M.D. “Economic Policy and the Kenya Settlers, 1945–1948,” pp. 171–192 in Essays in Imperial Government, edited by Robinson K. and Madden F. . Oxford: Blackwell, 1963.

Mboya Tom . “African Socialism,” Transition, 8 (March, 1963), 17–19. Repreinted by Friedland W.H. and Rosberg C.G. (ed.). African Socialism, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1964, pp. 250–258.

Morris S. “Indians in East Africa: A Study in a Plural Society,” British Journal of Sociology, 7 (September, 1956), 194–211.

Ndoo Kasin (Chief). The Life-Story of a Kenya Chief. London: Evans Brothers Ltd., 1959.

Nicholson Marjorie . Self-Government and the Communal Problem. Fabian Research Series No. 126. London: Fabian Publications Ltd., 1948.

Parker Mary “Municipal Government and the Growth of African Political Institutions in the Urban Areas of Kenya,” Zaire III, No. 6 (June 1949) 649–662.

“Report of the Conference on African Land Tenure in East and Central Africa”, Special Supplement to: Journal of African Administration, (October, 1956).

Rothchild Donald , “Ethnic Inequalities in Kenya,” Journal of Modern African Studies, VII, No. 4 (December, 1969) 689–711.

Russell E.W. The Natural Resources of East Africa. Nairobi: Literature Bureau, 1962.

Savage Donald . “Kenyatta and the Development of African Nationalism in Kenya,” International Journal, XXV, No. 3 (Summer, 1970) 518–537.

Savage Donald and Munro Forbes J. . “Carrier Corps Recruitment in the British East Africa Protectorate, 1914–1918,” Journal of African History, VII (Number 2, 1966) 313–342.

Sofer Byril and Rhona . “Some Characteristics of an East African Population,” British Journal of Sociology, II (December, 1951), 315–327.

Soja Edward W. The Geography of Modernization in Kenya. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1968.

Sorrenson M.P.K. Land Reform in Kikuyu Country. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1967.

Vasey E.A. “Economic and Political Trends in Kenya,” African Affairs, 55 (April, 1956), 101–108.

Wood Susan . Kenya: The Tensions of Progress. 2nd, ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962.

Wraith R.E. East African Citizen. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.