Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya write by Myles Osborne. This book was released on 2014-08-29. Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work analyses the ethnicity in Kenya over the past two hundred years, focusing on the Kamba ethnic group that inhabits eastern Kenya.
Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya
Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya write by Myles Osborne. This book was released on 2014-08-29. Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is about the creation and development of ethnic identity among the Kamba. Comprising approximately one-eighth of Kenya's population, the British considered the Kamba East Africa's premier 'martial race' by the mid-twentieth century: a people with an apparent aptitude for soldiering. The reputation, indeed, was one that Kamba leaders used to leverage financial rewards from the colonial state. However, beneath this simplistic exterior was a maelstrom of argument and debate. Men and women, young and old, Christians and non-Christians, and the elite and poor fought over the virtues they considered worthy of honor in their communities, and which of their visions should constitute 'Kamba' identity. Based on extensive archival research and more than 150 interviews, Ethnicity and Empire is one of the first books to analyze the complex process of building and shaping 'tribe' over more than two centuries. It reveals new ways to think about themes crucial to the history of colonialism: soldiering, 'loyalty', martial race, and indeed the nature of empire itself.
Romanland
Romanland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Romanland write by Anthony Kaldellis. This book was released on 2019-04-01. Romanland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Was there ever such a thing as Byzantium? Certainly no emperor ever called himself Byzantine. While the identities of eastern minorities were clear, that of the ruling majority remains obscured behind a name made up by later generations. Anthony Kaldellis says it is time for the Romanness of these so-called Byzantines to be taken seriously.
From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures write by Hiroyuki Hino. This book was released on 2019-08-22. From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers an insightful yet readable study of the paths - and challenges - to social cohesion in Africa, by experienced historians, economists and political scientists.
The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics
The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics write by Nic Cheeseman. This book was released on 2020-02-25. The Oxford Handbook of Kenyan Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
