Witchcraft and colonial rule in Kenya, 1900-1955 - Luongo, Katherine, 1975- (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Clans and councils, caravans and conquest, cosmology and colonialism : Ukambani in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- Understanding Uoi, Uwe, and Kithitu in Ukambani -- The "cosmology" of the colonial state -- The Wakamba witch trials : a witch-murder in 1930s Kenya -- Witchcraft, murder, and death sentences after Rex v. Kumwaka -- The world of oathing and witchcraft in Mau Mau-era Machakos -- Cleansing Ukambani witches -- Epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Witchcraft -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Witchcraft -- Political aspects -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Kamba (African people) -- History -- 20th century; British -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Colonial administrators -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Trials (Witchcraft) -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Witchcraft -- Law and legislation -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century; Kenya -- Colonial influence; Kenya -- Politics and government -- To 1963.; Kenya -- Social life and customs -- 20th century