Politics – Histories of Kenya, Histories of Empire

National politics always draws in historical debate, particularly when new identities are forged in the wake of major changes. Consider only how in the wake of Brexit populist appeals to nationalist unity against the continental foe were peppered with references to the ‘Dunkirk spirit’ and the Blitz. Histories and heritages are hereby consistently rewritten, inContinue reading “Histories of the Hanged, Histories of the Living: Kenyatta’s Mashujaa Day Speech and the politics of Kenyan national unity”