Research Catalog

Title

I say to you : ethnic politics and the Kalenjin in Kenya / Gabrielle Lynch.

Author

Lynch, Gabrielle

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Description

xvi, 291 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This book examines the creation, development, political ideology and relevance, and popular appeal of the Kalenjin ethnic identity in Kenya.

Subject

• Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-2020
• Kalenjin (African people) > Kenya > Ethnic identity
• Kalenjin (African people) > Political aspects > Kenya
• Regionalism > Political aspects > Kenya
• Kenya > Political aspects
• Kenya > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The nature and political salience of ethnic identity -- Creating a community: from Nandi speakers to Kalenjin -- Popularizing the Kalenjin: decolonization and the first Majimbo debate -- Moi: the making of an African "big man" -- Harambee to Nyayo: control and patronage in the president's backyard -- Democratization and the "Kalenjin vote", 1990-2002 -- Multiparty politics and the "ethnic factor" 2002-2008 -- Conclusion: Ethnic politics in modern Kenya -- Appendix: multiparty election and referendum results in Kalenjin-dominated constituencies.

ISBN

• 9780226498041 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0226498042 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780226498058 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0226498050 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011003350

OCLC

700735473

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library