LEADER 03507nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910958615703321 005 20251117003623.0 010 $a0-8214-4144-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714125 035 $a(OCoLC)70742043 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10091950 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304225 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10478232 035 $a(PQKB)10755362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091950 035 $a(BIP)10291937 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714125 100 $a20040503d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe risks of knowledge $einvestigations into the death of the Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya, 1990 /$fDavid William Cohen and E.S. Atieno Odhiambo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens, Ohio $cOhio University Press ;$aNairobi $cEast African Educational Publishers$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8214-1597-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-331) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aIn February 1990 assailants murdered Kenya's distinguished Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Robert Ouko. The horror of the attack, the images of his mutilated and burned corpse, the evidence of a notorious cover-up, and the revelations of the pressures, conflicts, and fears he faced in his last weeks have engaged Kenya's publics for years. "The Risks of Knowledge" minutely examines the multiple and unfinished investigations into the crime. Among the probes was an extensive 1990 inquiry organized by a New Scotland Yard team invited to Kenya by the government, as well as an open public commission of inquiry appointed by President Daniel arap Moi. The commission ran for seventeen months in 1990-91 before the president shut it down. International and Kenyan unrest over Ouko's brutal death brought increasing attention to corruption and violence associated with the Moi government, leading in late 1991 to multiparty politics and in December 2002 to the elections that ended the Moi era. This powerfully argued book raises important issues about the production of knowledge and the politics of memory that will interest a large interdisciplinary audience. 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aBiography 607 $aKenya$xPolitics and government$y1978-2002 615 0$aBiography. 676 $a967.6204/2 700 $aCohen$b David William$0657332 701 $aAtieno Odhiambo$b E. S.$f1946-$01193223 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958615703321 996 $aThe risks of knowledge$94480036 997 $aUNINA