A first-rate piece of research and analysis.also very exciting. It is a social history of the Kikuyu squatters in the White Highlands, who became possibly the most important group in the composition of Mau Mau and thereafter, a most significant pressure group in the politics of decolonization, since it was their spontaneous action in occupying a number of settler farms which ensured the political necessity of the settlement schemes . it has intimate and detailed data on the everyday life of the squatters before the 1940s. It has some marvellous pictures of their ingenuity, establishing what was essentially a Kikuyu colony where there should only have been obedient farmworkers. - John Lonsdale, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge This is a provocative piece of work, which should interest several audiences. First. students of Kenyan history.

Secondly. economic historians, especially those interested in labour history. Finally, from the comparative point of view . those interested in the socio-economic bases of revolution. - Bethwell A. Ogot, Professor of History, Kenyatta University Dr Kanogo has followed the fortunes of these squatters. It is an amazing story. [shenomic bases of revolution.

- Bethwell A. Ogot, Professor of History, Kenyatta University Dr Kanogo has followed the fortunes of these squatters. It is an amazing story. [shenomic bases of revolution. - Bethwell A. Ogot, Professor of History, Kenyatta University Dr Kanogo has followed the fortunes of these squatters. It is an amazing story. [shenomic bases of revolution.

- Bethwell A. Ogot, Professor of History, Kenyatta University Dr Kanogo has followed the fortunes of these squatters. It is an amazing story. [she] proceeds to narrate the story of squatter involvement in the Mau Mau movement, in particular the female participation - the first time a Kenyan historian has actually done field work on Mau Mau instead of simply mouthing propaganda. - William R. Ochieng', Professor and Chairman of History Department, Kenyatta University.