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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812124403321

Autore

Whittaker Hannah

Titolo

Insurgency and counterinsurgency in Kenya : a social history of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968 / / by Hannah Whittaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28308-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

African Social Studies Series, , 1568-1203 ; ; Volume 34

Disciplina

967.6204/1

Soggetti

Somalis - Kenya

Kenya Politics and government 1963-1978

Kenya History Autonomy and independence movements

Kenya Boundaries Somalia

Somalia Boundaries Kenya

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Politics of NFD Secession, 1960–63 -- The Shifta -- The Shifta Conflict, 1963–68 -- Government Responses to Conflict (1): Counterinsurgency -- Government Responses to Conflict (2): Villagization -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya , Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book also deals with the Kenyan government’s response to the conflict as part of the entrenchment of African colonial boundaries at independence. Contrary to current narratives of an increasingly borderless world, Whittaker reminds us of the violence that is produced by state-led attempts to shore up contested borderlands. This work provides vital insights into the history behind the on-going troubled relationship between the Kenyan state



and its Somali minority, and between Kenya and Somalia.