A Failed Eldorado

Colonial Capitalism, Rural Industrialization, African Land Rights in Kenya, and the Kakamega Gold Rush, 1930-1952

• Author(s): Priscilla M. Shilaro,
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Pages: 270
• ISBN_10: 0761836063
  ISBN_13: 9780761836063
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Africa / General , Technology & Engineering / Mining ,

Description:... This work explores Britain's attempt to take land from the Bantu-Luyia peoples of Western Kenya for gold mining following the discovery of gold in the North Kavirondo (NK) reserve in 1931.