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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780942203321

Titolo

Healing the wound [[electronic resource] ] : personal narratives about the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya / / edited by Kimani Njogu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications, c2009

ISBN

1-283-06370-0

9786613063700

9966-028-14-5

9966-028-13-7

9966-7244-6-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NjoguKimani

Disciplina

967.6204/3

Soggetti

Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya

Ethnic conflict - Kenya

Political violence - Kenya

Kenya Politics and government 2002-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Section 1. Narratives of Pain; Section 2. Narratives of Mercy; Section 3. Narratives of Aggression; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The narratives collected by Twaweza Communications in this volume tell yet another side of the story about the violence that engulfed Kenya towards the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008. The narratives are part of a Daraja Initiative involving media monitoring, reflections and documentation of the traumatic post-election violence period often associated with the contested presidential results of 2007. The goal of the project is to contribute to the protection of constitutional rights of all Kenyans and to the development of a just and democratic country. Because violent conflicts constitut