The legacy of the white highlands: Land rights, ethnicity and the post-2007 election violence in Kenya

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-344

  Kanyinga, Karuti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

2007 election; Ethnicity; Kenya; Land; Violence

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; ETHNICITY; LAND RIGHTS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350346075     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000903154834     Document Type: Article

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