Kenyan guerrilla war arose where foreign ownership blocked an indigenous bourgeoisie
Evidence
2., The acrual processes of decolonization were, of course, diverse. In Kenya, for example, where the formation of an indigenous bourgeoisie had been obstructed by the growth of modern farming owned directly by the British and of a trading class composed mainly of foreign (notably Indian) strata, guerrilla warfare was organized through an alliance of the educated middle class and the subordinated farming communities, in which the issue of race provided the main ideological cement. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 139
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Eroded state revenue capacity gave rise to African war machines — Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics, 132; Weak indigenous bourgeoisies force anti-colonial struggle through race-based guerrilla alliances. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 53
Broader Connections
- Weak indigenous bourgeoisies force anti-colonial struggle through race-based guerrilla alliances.
#expands(0.95) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 53 - Eroded state revenue capacity gave rise to African war machines
#expands(0.80) — Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics, 132