selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Africans in the white man's wars, 1914-1945. 135-167. 2015
- Independence for Africans and Britons, 1960s-1970s. 199-227. 2015
- Missionaries, merchants, and explorers, 1840s-1880s. 41-73. 2015
- The road to independence, 1945-1960. 168-198. 2015
- The scramble for Africa, 1870s-1890s. 74-105. 2015
- The slave trade, abolition, and beyond, c. 1600-1840s. 10-40. 2015
- Violence, negotiation, and consolidating British rule, 1890s-1914. 106-134. 2015
- Introduction. 1-39. 2014
- The Historiography of Mau Mau. 255-261. 2014
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journal article
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Rites, Rights, Rastafari! Statehood and Statecraft in Jamaica, c. 1930-1961.
Journal of Social History.
207-225.
2021
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"Mau Mau are Angels horizontal ellipsis Sent by Haile Selassie": A Kenyan War in Jamaica.
Comparative Studies in Society and History.
714-744.
2020
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British Visions, African Voices: The "Imperial" and the "Colonial" in World War II.
Itinerario.
287-315.
2020
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The Power of the Oath: Mau Mau Nationalism in Kenya..
African Studies Review.
E27-E29.
2019
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Dedan Kimathi on Trial: Colonial Justice and Popular Memory in Kenya's Mau Mau Rebellion.
Canadian Journal of African Studies.
177-179.
2019
- Africa and World War II. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY. 911-912. 2017
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Mau Mau Crucible of War: Statehood, National Identity, and Politics of Postcolonial Kenya.
The Journal of African History.
352-353.
2017
- Britain and Africa Under Blair: In Pursuit of the Good State. 86-88. 2016
- The Boy Is Gone: Conversations with a Mau Mau General. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 284-286. 2016
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Colonial Kenya Observed: British Rule, Mau Mau and the Wind of Change..
African Studies Review.
264-266.
2015
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'THE ROOTING OUT OF MAU MAU FROM THE MINDS OF THE KIKUYU IS A FORMIDABLE TASK': PROPAGANDA AND THE MAU MAU WAR.
The Journal of African History.
77-97.
2015
- Writing Revolt: An Engagement With African Nationalism, 1957-67. African Studies Quarterly. 2015
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Controlling Development: 'Martial Race' and Empire in Kenya, 1945-59.
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, The.
464-485.
2014
- Fighting the Mau Mau: The British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency.. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 140-141. 2014
- Kenya: A History since Independence.. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 161-163. 2014
- Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2011. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 336-337. 2013
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British Missionaries and the End of Empire: East, Central, and Southern Africa, 1939-64.
Itinerario.
135-136.
2012
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"The cat with nine lives'': Paul Ngei and the making of modern Kenya.
Journal of Eastern African Studies.
196-210.
2012
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Land, Food, Freedom: Struggles for the gendered commons in Kenya, 1870-2007.
African Affairs.
512-513.
2011
- Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 179-181. 2011
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Religion and Politics in Kenya: essays in honor of a meddlesome priest..
Africa.
672-674.
2010
- The Kamba and Mau Mau: Ethnicity, Development, and Chiefship, 1952-1960. International Journal of African Historical Studies. 63-87. 2010
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Kenya's Quest for Democracy: taming Leviathan.
Journal of Modern African Studies, The.
481-482.
2009
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Rethinking the Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya.
The Journal of African History.
316-318.
2009
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Rites, Rights, Rastafari! Statehood and Statecraft in Jamaica, c. 1930-1961.
Journal of Social History.
207-225.
2021