| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content; Acknowledgements; A Prologue to Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa; Political inclusion and minority rights; Interventions to empower youth economically; Education; Nationhood, national cohesion and integration; Interventions in the land sector; Notes; Conceptualizing Ethnicity; Ethnic Pluralism and National Governance in Africa: A Survey; Introduction; Global resurgence of ethnic claims; Misunderstanding ethnic reality in Africa and the solution for it; National governance under conditions of ethnic pluralism in Africa; Conclusion; Notes |
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What Do We Share?From the Local to the Global, and Back AgainUs and them; Crocodiles and tree trunks; Non-compatible input?; Identities; Origin stories and hierarchies; Different colours, different races; The origin of black and white people in Africa; The rich and the poor; The children of Eve; A world in need of a future; Notes; References; Production of Ethnic Identity in Kenya; Introduction; Ethnic identity and ethnicity; Evolution of the Kalenjin ethnic identity; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Links Between African Proverbs and Sayings and Ethnic Diversity |
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1. African proverbs and sayings that describe and analyze the present reality in Africa today2. African proverbs and sayings and stories that promote peacebuilding and reconciliation in Africa today; 3. Telling our African stories of forgiveness, justice, reconciliation and peacemaking; (Over)riding the Rainbow. Ethnic Diversity and the Kenyan Creative Economy; Part One: Overriding the rainbow; Part Two: Riding the rainbow; Conclusion; References; Leveraging Africa's Diversity for an improved Image and Branding; Introduction; Africa's diversity: A blessing or curse? |
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Africa's branding and image buildingWhy brand Africa?; To what extent does Africa need branding?; Ethnic diversity tools for branding; Conclusion; References; Ethnicity in Politics; Ethnic Diversity, Democratization and Nation-Building in Ghana; Introduction; Focus of paper; The challenge of nation-building amidst ethnic diversity; The meanings of nation-building; Elements of nation-building as identity formation and governance; Strategies employed in Ghana to manage ethnic relations and promote nation-building; Adoption of affirmative action policies and programs |
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Use of a mandatory constitutional framework for nation-buildingUse of socio-economic development as a strategy for nation-building; Commitment to fairness in the distribution of national development; Development and promotion of a national peace architecture; Use of traditional social mediators; Teaching conflict prevention and conflict resolution skills to youths; Institutionalization of public educational programmes; Establishment of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commissions; Creating an educational system that produces nationalists; Adopting a policy of multiculturalism |
| Summary |
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 inf |
| Notes |
Abolishing the first-past-the-post system of governance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- Africa, Eastern
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Cultural pluralism.
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Eastern Africa.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ngeta, Kabiri
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Wanjau, Mary
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| LC no. |
2010305734 |
| ISBN |
9789966028068 |
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9966028064 |
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9789966028044 |
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9966028048 |
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1283063670 |
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9781283063678 |
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9786613063670 |
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6613063673 |
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9966028056 |
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9789966028051 |
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