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AEGIS European Conference on African Studies
11 - 14 July 2007
African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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History, justice and memory in Kenya
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82. AEGIS related journals panel: Africa's contested memories
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| Paper ID | 778 |
| Author(s) |
Pommerolle, Marie-Emmanuelle
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| Abstract | Since the December 2002 political change-over in Kenya, the colonial past has come back to haunt the political scene. Recent history books on the Mau Mau insurrection and the attempt by Kenyan, British lawyers and veterans associations to bring an action against the British government for war crimes have renewed a debate on the contested memories of the Mau Mau insurrection. Burgeoning in a new political environment, these scientific and judicial mobilizations can be seen as a way of engaging a debate on the legitimacy of political power and the identity of the national community in contemporary Kenyan society. |
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