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Decolonizing Maasai History: A Path to Indigenous African Futures

Decolonizing Maasai History: A Path to Indigenous African Futures

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African HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesIndigenous Studies

ISBN10: 1350427438
ISBN13: 9781350427433
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: Jan 23 2025
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.35 Depth: 9.11
Language: English

In this open access book, Maasai leader and activist Meitamei Dapash teams with historian Mary Poole to offer a new version of Maasai history based on Maasai memory and concerns. Through their rich and detailed narrative, we learn not only about the history of the Maasai as they understand it, but also about the relations between politics and Western history; about the untold history of Kenya both pre- and post-nationhood; about why the creation of nation-states is not synonymous with liberation; and about how and why Indigenous approaches to land obstruct global processes of resource extraction. All of this finds wider resonances that upend received narratives of post-independence Africa and offer new opportunities for the emancipation of Indigenous communities from neo-colonial regimes the world over.

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