Comrade Power! Student Activism and the Kenyan State, c. 1978-2002
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Eastern Africa Series
ISBN-10
1847013597
ISBN-13
9781847013590
Publisher
James Currey
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James Currey
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Sep 8th, 2026
Print length
176 Pages
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KenyaLater 20th century c 1950 to c 1999Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050For higher / tertiary / university educationAfrican historyNational liberation & independence, post-colonialismPolitics & governmentPolitics and governmentAfrican historyNational liberation and independence
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Analysis of one of the most influential and powerful student movements in all of sub-Saharan Africa and its impact on transition in the postcolonial state.
Analysis of one of the most influential and powerful student movements in all of sub-Saharan Africa and its impact on transition in the postcolonial state.
During the late-1980s, waves of protest challenged authoritarian regimes across postcolonial Africa,
on a scale rarely seen since the end of colonial rule decades earlier. In Kenya, as elsewhere on the continent, university students were leading actors in struggles for democratic change. Rallying under the cry of ''Comrade Power!'', the student movement at the University of Nairobi emerged as one of the most formidable and militant of its kind in all of Africa, with Nairobi serving as a crucible for generations of nationally prominent political activists.
This vivid account traces the rise and fall of this student movement, showing how it shaped national processes of political change, where its power came from, how it was wielded, and why it dissipated so rapidly from the mid-1990s. Drawing on interviews with student activists, government officials and politicians, it offers new insights into the politics of transition in postcolonial Africa.
During the late-1980s, waves of protest challenged authoritarian regimes across postcolonial Africa,
on a scale rarely seen since the end of colonial rule decades earlier. In Kenya, as elsewhere on the continent, university students were leading actors in struggles for democratic change. Rallying under the cry of ''Comrade Power!'', the student movement at the University of Nairobi emerged as one of the most formidable and militant of its kind in all of Africa, with Nairobi serving as a crucible for generations of nationally prominent political activists.
This vivid account traces the rise and fall of this student movement, showing how it shaped national processes of political change, where its power came from, how it was wielded, and why it dissipated so rapidly from the mid-1990s. Drawing on interviews with student activists, government officials and politicians, it offers new insights into the politics of transition in postcolonial Africa.
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