Ethnic Diversity In Eastern Africa

Author : Kimani Njogu,Kabiri Ngeta,Mary Wanjau
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789966724489

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Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa by Kimani Njogu,Kabiri Ngeta,Mary Wanjau Pdf

A prologue to ethnic diversity in Eastern Africa /Kimani Njogu --Ethnic pluralism and national governance in Africa : a survey /Michael Chege --What do we share? : from the local to the global, and back again /Mineke Schipper --Production of ethnic identity in Kenya /Karega-Munene --Links between African proverbs and sayings and ethnic diversity /Joseph G. Healey --(Over)riding the rainbow : ethnic diversity and the Kenyan creative economy /Joy Mboya --Leveraging Africa's diversity for an improved image and branding /Mary W. Kimonye --Ethnic diversity, democratization, and nation-building in Ghana /Kenneth Agyemong Attafuah --Ethnic diversity in East Africa : the Tanzanian case and the role of Kiswahili language as a unifying factor /Huruma Luhovilo Sigalla --Critical reflections on the challenges and prospects of ethnic diversity management in democratization /Eric Aseka --Media and national identity : should national media be relegated to the backseat? /Nassanga Goretti Linda --Ethnic diversity background and issues : the case of Rwanda /James Vuningoma --The challenges of ethnicity, multiparty democracy and state building in multiethnic states in Africa : experiences from Kenya /Paul N. Mbatia, Kennedy Bikuri & Peter Nderitu --A political economy of land reform in Kenya : the limits and possibilities of resolving persistent ethnic conflicts /Nicholas O. Odoyo --Epilogue -- emerging issues in managing the challenges and opportunities of ethnic diversity in East Africa : is good governance the destiny? /Ngeta Kabiri.

Author : Aquiline S. J. Tarimo,Aquiline Tarimo
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789956579990

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Ethnicity, Citizenship and State in Eastern Africa by Aquiline S. J. Tarimo,Aquiline Tarimo Pdf

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 : Pierre L. Van den Berghe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X000383728

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Race and Ethnicity in Africa by Pierre L. Van den Berghe Pdf

Author : Peter G. Forster,Michael Hitchcock,Francis F. Lyimo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0312226071

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Race and Ethnicity in East Africa by Peter G. Forster,Michael Hitchcock,Francis F. Lyimo Pdf

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 : Margaret A. Mohamed-Salih,Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih,John Markakis
Publisher : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015047712875

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Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa by Margaret A. Mohamed-Salih,Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih,John Markakis Pdf

Part I: Narratives of ethnicity

Author : P. Forster,M. Hitchcock,F. Lyimo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349401293

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Race and Ethnicity in East Africa by P. Forster,M. Hitchcock,F. Lyimo Pdf

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 : Aylward Shorter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136534164

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East African Societies by Aylward Shorter Pdf

Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described. Trends in marriage and family life, education and religious ideas are also discussed and case studies from each country included. First published in 1974.

Author : Elizabeth Obadina
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422288849

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Ethnic Groups in Africa by Elizabeth Obadina Pdf

Ethnic or racial classifications often say more about culture and shared experience than about genetics or common ancestry. In Africa, a continent where up to 3,000 languages are spoken, ethnicity can be especially difficult to define. Unfortunately, perceived ethnic differences have all too often produced tragic results. This book analyzes the role of ethnicity in contemporary African politics and governance. It examines the corrosive legacy of the slave trade and European colonization, details some of the bloody conflicts that have erupted from ethnic frictions, and describes how divisions that appear to be ethnically based often have more to do with class and religion. The book also explores the possibility of a united Africa, able to harness its diversity rather than fight over its differences.

Author : Katsuyoshi Fukui,John Markakis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032939616

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Ethnicity & Conflict in the Horn of Africa by Katsuyoshi Fukui,John Markakis Pdf

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.

Author : M. A. M. (Mohamed A. Mohamed); Markakis Salih (J. (John))
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1037145862

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Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa by M. A. M. (Mohamed A. Mohamed); Markakis Salih (J. (John)) Pdf

Author : Unesco,Fatoumata Agnès Diarra,Yash P. Ghai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4929776

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Two Studies on Ethnic Group Relations in Africa by Unesco,Fatoumata Agnès Diarra,Yash P. Ghai Pdf

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : Intercontinental Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781448606535

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Ethnicity and National Identity in Uganda by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

This work looks at the role different ethnic groups have played in the evolution of Uganda as a nation. It also examines some of the challenges the country has faced in its attempts to create a common identity transcending ethnic and regional differences. It's also a general introduction to Uganda. Subjects covered include ethnic groups and their cultures, geography, history and the economy, and challenges to the legitimacy of the state by traditional centres of power and institutions which are regionally entrenched.

Author : Hiroyuki Hino,John Lonsdale,Gustav Ranis,Frances Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139537049

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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa by Hiroyuki Hino,John Lonsdale,Gustav Ranis,Frances Stewart Pdf

There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians, anthropologists and political scientists as well as development economists, this book questions whether ethnicity is the most useful organising principle by which to examine the economic development of Africa, arguing that it is a more fluid and contingent concept than economic models allow. Instead, the authors explore the actual experience of ethnicity in Africa and propose new methods of measuring ethnic diversity and inequalities. Finally some tentative conclusions are reached regarding appropriate policy reforms.

Author : Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121807668

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Kenya by Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo Pdf

Minorities and indigenous peoples in Kenya feel excluded from the economic and political life of the state. They are poorer than the rest of Kenya's population, their rights are not respected and they are rarely included in development of other participatory planning processes. This report discusses the abuse of ethnicity in Kenyan policies, arguing that ethnicity is a card all too often used by Kenyan politicians to favour certain communities over others in the share of the nation's wealth. Kenya: Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Diversity exposes these concerns in detail via the analysis of budgetary expenditure in the poor Turkana region, which is dominated by the minority Turkana people, and in the richer Nyeri region, home of Kenya's current President. The author, Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo, calls for immediate action to address the inequalities and marginalization of communities, as a way of ensuring that Kenya remains free of major conflict. It calls for disaggregated data - by ethnicity and gender - and a new Constitution to devolve power away from the centre, so that minority and indigenous peoples stand to benefit from current and new development programmes.The report argues that Kenya's diversity should be its strength and need not be a threat to national unity. Suppressing and denying ethnic diversity is the quickest route to inter-ethnic conflict and claims of succession. The report calls for urgent action.

Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1560729678

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Ethnic Politics in Kenya and Nigeria by Godfrey Mwakikagile Pdf

This book is more than just a study of ethnic politics in Kenya and Nigeria. The two countries are a microcosm of the entire continent: the problems it faces, its successes and failures, and the hope and despair of hundreds of millions of its people whose aspirations have been frustrated by decades of corrupt leadership that has skilfully exploited one of Africa's biggest weaknesses -- tribalism. But the people themselves are also responsible for that. They have allowed tribalism to flourish and destroy the countries. And they have allowed unscrupulous politicians to use and abuse them -- without storming the Bastille. What they are not responsible for is dictatorship African leaders instituted to perpetuate themselves in office by exploiting tribalism. These despots have been so good at it, and have done it for so long since independence, that many African countries are now on the brink of collapse, with the people at war against themselves.