Kenya: The Quest For Prosperity, Second Edition

First Published in 2018. This book captures the self-confident spirit that characterizes Kenya and provides unique insights into how this nation of contemporary Africa is faring in its continuing quest for prosperity, focusing on the contemporary period, beginning with the rise to power of President Daniel arap Moi in 1978.

About the Author

Norman Miller is professor at Dartmouth College and president of the African-Caribbean Institute. He has published extensively in the fields of African environment, health, and politics and currently serves as editor of the international research and policy bulletin AIDS and Society. He has taught at the University of Nairobi and has lived and w orked in East Africa for long periods since 1960. Rodger Yeager is professor of political science, adjunct professor of Afri>can history, and director of international studies at West Virginia University. His current research is focused on public-policy problems of natural resource conservation, rural development, and demographic change in eastern and southern Africa.