Belonging and recognition after the post-election violence: a case study on labour migrants in Naivasha, Kenya
Abstract: The 2013 general elections in Kenya entailed no recurrence of the 2007–08 post-election violence. Closer examination at the local level, though, indicates that the experiences of violence continue to influence the social sphere. Divisions between a long-established population and newcomers are blatant especially at places with high levels of immigration. This paper addresses how experiences of violent conflict over identitary and territorial belonging affect and transform socio-spatial organisation. The analysis is based on an empirical study at one of the venues of the post-election violence, a poor and heterogeneous workers’ settlement in Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Naivasha area is internationally known for its horticultural production and massive labour immigration. After the 2007 elections, radical individuals of the local Kikuyu ethnic majority claimed Naivasha as their territory as a reaction to the displacement of Kikuyus from other parts of the country. Migrants of un.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2749
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Belonging and recognition after the post-election violence: a case study on labour migrants in Naivasha, Kenya ; volume:68 ; number:3 ; year:2014
Erdkunde ; 68, Heft 3 (2014)
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Lang, Britta
Sakdapolrak, Patrick
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10.3112/erdkunde.2014.03.03
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281758407.425682250948
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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