Kenya's new indigenes: Negotiating local identities in a global context

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-167

  Lynch, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic branding; Globalisation; Indigenous peoples; Kenya

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MARGINALIZATION; NATIONALISM;

KENYA;

EID: 78650398518     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2010.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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