03507nam 2200577Ia 450 991095861570332120251117003623.00-8214-4144-2(CKB)1000000000714125(OCoLC)70742043(CaPaEBR)ebrary10091950(SSID)ssj0000432207(PQKBManifestationID)11304225(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432207(PQKBWorkID)10478232(PQKB)10755362(MiAaPQ)EBC3026841(Au-PeEL)EBL3026841(CaPaEBR)ebr10091950(BIP)10291937(EXLCZ)99100000000071412520040503d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe risks of knowledge investigations into the death of the Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya, 1990 /David William Cohen and E.S. Atieno Odhiambo1st ed.Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press ;Nairobi East African Educational Publishersc20041 online resource (359 p.) New African histories seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8214-1597-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-331) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Prolegomenon -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Investigating a Death in Kenya -- 2 In a Nation of White Cars -- 3 Robert Ouko's Pain -- 4 The Note -- 5 Readers of the Found Remains -- 6 "Why, Mr. President?" -- 7 No Stone Unturned -- 8 Ouko: A Biography of African Nationalism -- 9 Contradictions of Development -- 10 The Negotiation of a State of Mind -- 11 "A White Car" Becomes a Truth -- Conclusion The Risks of Knowledge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.In February 1990 assailants murdered Kenya's distinguished Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Robert Ouko. The horror of the attack, the images of his mutilated and burned corpse, the evidence of a notorious cover-up, and the revelations of the pressures, conflicts, and fears he faced in his last weeks have engaged Kenya's publics for years. "The Risks of Knowledge" minutely examines the multiple and unfinished investigations into the crime. Among the probes was an extensive 1990 inquiry organized by a New Scotland Yard team invited to Kenya by the government, as well as an open public commission of inquiry appointed by President Daniel arap Moi. The commission ran for seventeen months in 1990-91 before the president shut it down. International and Kenyan unrest over Ouko's brutal death brought increasing attention to corruption and violence associated with the Moi government, leading in late 1991 to multiparty politics and in December 2002 to the elections that ended the Moi era. This powerfully argued book raises important issues about the production of knowledge and the politics of memory that will interest a large interdisciplinary audience.New African histories series.BiographyKenyaPolitics and government1978-2002Biography.967.6204/2Cohen David William657332Atieno Odhiambo E. S.1946-1193223MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958615703321The risks of knowledge4480036UNINA