Board of Trustees, Boston University "Be Like Firm Soldiers to Develop the Country": Political Imagination and the Geography of Gikuyuland Author(s): Derek R. Peterson Source: The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2004), pp. 71- 101 Published by: Boston University African Studies Center Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4129073 . Accessed: 29/08/2011 16:51 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Boston University African Studies Center and Board of Trustees, Boston University are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The International Journal of African Historical Studies. http://www.jstor.org InternationalJournal of AfricanHistorical Studies 37, 1 (2004) 71 "BE LIKEFIRM SOLDIERS TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY": POLITICALIMAGINATION AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF GIKUYULAND By Derek R. Peterson Toward the end of 1932, Judge Morris Carter's Land Commission began taking testimony to determine how far Africans in the British colony of Kenya were owed compensation for land taken from them by white settlers. Thousands of people attended