Race And Ethnicity In East Africa

Author : Peter G. Forster
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312226077
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in East Africa written by Peter G. Forster and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-03-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and ethnicity continue to be important if unwelcome factors in modern politics. This is evident in East Africa, where the ethnic factor is often dominant in multi-party elections and in Rwanda and Burundi bloodshed and genocidal attacks have been linked to ethnic difference. This book examines the phenomena of race and ethnicity in general, but with particular reference to East Africa. The impact of non-indigenous groups is considered, along with ethnic differences between Africans and the relevance of tourism and religion.

Author : Pierre L. Van den Berghe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in Africa written by Pierre L. Van den Berghe and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : P. Forster
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349401291
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in East Africa written by P. Forster and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-12-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and ethnicity continue to be important, if unwelcome, factors in modern politics. This is evident in East Africa: the ethnic factor is often dominant in multi-party elections, while in Rwanda and Burundi bloodshed and genocidal attacks have been linked to ethnic difference. This book examines the phenomena of race and ethnicity in general, but with particular reference to Africa, especially the East. The impact of non-indigenous groups is considered, together with ethnic differences between Africans. The relevance of tourism and religion is also examined.

Author : Margaret A. Mohamed-Salih
Publisher : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa written by Margaret A. Mohamed-Salih and published by Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I: Narratives of ethnicity

Author : Kimani Njogu
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9966028064
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa written by Kimani Njogu and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most of Africa, there is evidence of politicised inter-ethnic rivalry and ethnic mobilisation to acquire, maintain or monopolise power as competition for resources intensify. This volume demonstrates how ethnic diversity can be managed at a number of levels in order to improve the lives of citizens. As the contributors show, ethnicity as an identity is fluid and malleable. It can be deconstructed in order to reduce its saliency. Evidently, strong ethnic affliation has also been viewed as a major barrier to human and economic development although ethnically bound welfare organisations do influence the economic and social life of citizens especially in the rural areas, In most of Africa, it is through ethnic identification that competition for influence in the state and in the allocation of resources becomes apparent. Occasionally, governments have sought to address this challenge through ethnic and regional balancing in political appointments. But this does not always work. Drawing on experiences from Eastern Africa and beyond, the contributors discuss how ethnic diversity can be a resource for the region.

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198815697
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics written by Nic Cheeseman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya is one of the most politically dynamic and influential countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, it is known in equal measure as a country that has experienced great highs and tragic lows. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kenya was seen as a ''success story" of development in the periphery, and also led the way in terms of democratic breakthroughs in 2010 when a new constitution devolved power and placed new constraints on the president. However, the country has also made international headlines for the kind of political instability that occurs when electoral violence is expressed along ethnic lines, such as during the "Kenya crisis" of 2007/08 when over 1,000 people lost their lives and almost 700,000 were displaced. The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics explains these developments and many more, drawing together 50 specially commissioned chapters by leading researchers. The chapters they have contributed address a range of essential topics including the legacy of colonial rule, ethnicity, land politics, devolution, the constitution, elections, democracy, foreign aid, the informal economy, civil society, human rights, the International Criminal Court, the growing influence of China, economic policy, electoral violence, and the impact of mobile phone technology. In addition to covering some of the most important debates about Kenyan politics, the volume provides an insightful overview of Kenyan history from 1930 to the present day and features a set of chapters that review the impact of devolution on regional politics in every part of the country.

Author : S.J. Tarimo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956579785
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity, Citizenship and State in Eastern Africa written by S.J. Tarimo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, from an Africa perspective, examines the relationship between ethnicity and citizenship within the framework of nation-state. Its objective and scope engage relational aspects of political integration, awaken public conscience, and motivate civic engagement. It provides a platform that could be considered prerequisite for political transformation. Such a framework is indispensable not only for challenging the politics of exclusion and marginalization, but also for reconstructing fractured social relationships. The test of its validity and relevancy is not whether it accounts for particular traditions, but whether it provides a framework through which we can comprehend the dynamics of ethnic identities as an avenue for promoting participatory governance and democratic accountability. An interdisciplinary study of this kind brings forth practical and theoretical contributions to the evolving concepts of ethnicity and citizenship.

Author : Unesco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Studies on Ethnic Group Relations in Africa written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. A. M. (Mohamed A. Mohamed); Markakis Salih (J. (John))
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa written by M. A. M. (Mohamed A. Mohamed); Markakis Salih (J. (John)) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Katsuyoshi Fukui
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity & Conflict in the Horn of Africa written by Katsuyoshi Fukui and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflicts in the Horn have all too often dominated press coverage of Africa. This book exposes the subtle and ambiguous role ethnicity can plan in social conflict, a role that is nowhere as simple and direct as commonly assumed. Social conflict is routinely attributed to ethnic differentiation because dividing lines between rival groups often follow ethnic contours and cultural symbolism has proved a potent ideological weapon. The purpose of this book is to examine the nature of the bond linking ethnicity to conflict in a variety of circumstances. The diverse groups are involved in confrontations at different levels and varying intensity, ranging from elemental struggles for physical survival of groups at the margin of society, to contests for state power and control of resources at the center. These ten studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya are based on primary research by anthropologists and historians who have long experience of the region. The insights gained from this comparative work help to refine common assumptions about conflict among ethnic groups.