This book is the first systematic political history of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's founding President. The first of two parts, it explores Kenyatta's formative years in nationalist activism in Kenya and Britain, the complex links between colonial and British intelligence services and Kenyatta's career and the political compromise he forged between Kenya and Britain. This book draws on primary sources to analyze this compromise, which marked his transformation from 'leader to darkness and death' to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West.

This book explores the legacy of the post-colonial regime of Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya and examines how the country developed its political regime in the twentieth century. It provides a critical analysis of the changes in Kenyatta's political fortune in Kenya, from 'leader to darkness and death' to the most beloved post-colonial African leader in the West. As a successor to Dr. Maloba's earlier volume, The Burning Spear, the book also explores the efforts and strategic initiatives of the British intelligence services and the CIA to oust the radicals from the Kenyan government and...