Red Strangers : The White Tribe of Kenya – C. S. Nicholls

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With the stately lowering of the Union flag in December 1963, seventy years of British rule in Kenya came to an abrupt end. The effect of independence on white society was devastating. Thousands of second and third-generation settlers abandoned their homes and livelihoods, never to return. … Google Books

Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya by C.S. Nicholls got its title from the name the Kikuyu people gave to white people who easily burned under the tropical sun. The book’s focus is primarily on the white settlement of East Africa from the building of the Uganda railroad to the Mau Mau rebellion that led to independence from the British in 1963. The book is not an apology for European imperialism. In her introduction, Nicholls wrote, “There is indeed much to condemn. But the truth remains that there was a great deal of good…It is far too simplistic to see one side as villains and the other as heroes.” Review Scott Clemm

Brilliant copy “like new” except inscribed by previous owner, internally otherwise spotless and dust wrapper equally as spotless, indeed a fine copy. First Edition