European Conference on African Studies

ECAS 2009
3^rd European Conference on African Studies

Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

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Panel 98: Violent Respacing in Kenya? History, Dynamics and Future Implications of the 2007-08 Post-Election Crisis (Dieter Neubert / Axel Harneit-Sievers)

Panel Organiser: Dieter Neubert / Axel Harneit-Sievers

Post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008 was fuelled by land conflicts, identity politics, social inequality and widespread complaints about regional marginalization. With this panel we invite scholars and civil society activists to analyse the post-election clashes against their historical background and point to the options and challenges faced by the new coalition government. How should Kenya’s ethno-regional power balance and resource distribution (especially land) be reshaped?

Accepted Abstracts

Dieter Neubert - Abstract

Protest, violence, war? The Kenyan clashes between escalation und de-escalation?

Dieter Neubert - Power Point Presentation

George Ogola - Abstract

(Re-)imagining home, homeliness and nation-state: The Kenyan ‘digital’ Diaspora and the constructions of identities online during the 2007 post-election crisis

Jérôme Lafargue - Abstract

A weird atmosphere. Hidden spread of violence and political apathy

Jérôme Lafargue - Full Paper

Nelson Kasfir - Abstract

Power-Sharing, Parties and Fundamental Reform in Kenya

Nelson M. Kasfir - Full Paper

Ralph Michael Peters - Abstract

The 2007 Kenyan cross roads elections

Ralph Peters Full Paper

Stephen Karanja - Abstract

Post-Election Violence in Kenya: Sowing Democracy in a Constitutionalism Vacuity

Stephen Karanja - Full Paper

Thomas P. Wolf - Abstract

Poll Positions, Poles Apart: The Ideological Chasm Revealed - Reactions to Opinion Polls in the 2007 Kenya Election

Winnie V. Mitullah - Abstract

BRIDGING NATIONALISM AND REGIONALISM GAP IN POST ELECTION VIOLENCE KENYA