Myles Osborne

Myles Osborne is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses on colonial history, martial race theory, and ethnic identity formation in Africa, particularly in Kenya. He has authored multiple books analyzing the intersections of colonialism, militarism, and social dynamics. His work combines archival research with ethnographic interviews to explore themes such as loyalty, resistance, and identity under imperial rule.

Key publications include *Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya* (2016), which examines Kamba ethnic identity construction under British colonialism, and *Africans and Britons in the Age of Empires* (2016), co-authored with Susan Kingsley Kent, which reinterprets Anglo-African interactions across three centuries. Osborne’s research also extends to militarization in colonial Africa, as seen in *Making Martial Races* (2020), and biographical studies like *The Life and Times of General China* (2015), analyzing Kenyan revolutionary leader Waruhiu Itote.

His work emphasizes African agency and contested identities, challenging Eurocentric narratives of colonialism. Osborne’s interdisciplinary approach bridges history, anthropology, and postcolonial studies.