POLITICS AND NATIONALISM IN COLONIAL KENYA

This study focuses on politics and nationalism in Kenya, with special reference to Babukusu of Bungoma District in the period 1894 to 1963. It examines the place of Babukusu in Kenya''s politics of decolonisation by demonstrating their contribution to the emergence and development of nationalism. Using an integrated approach, the study examines the growth of political consciousness among the Babukusu in the light of the changes in their material conditions posed by the colonial political economy