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This volume is a bold attempt to address a comprehensive range of
themes and issues relating to contemporary Kenya. It covers
independent Kenya’s history, society, culture, economics,
politics, and environment with great breadth and depth, comprising
thirty-four chapters divided into three parts. Part I focuses on
independence and the political economy of development, followed by
Part II on environment, globalization, gender, and society. Part
III examines the external context’s impact and implications for
Kenya and the role of Kenya in the global political economy.
The book breaks new ground in understanding the role of
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book
historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a case study,
looking at its tripartite paradoxical roles as an agent of
colonialism, globalization and development/underdevelopment. It
deploys interdisciplinary devices to show how the RF projects have
engaged in marginalization, patronage and 'othering' of African
values and customs and the ensuing controversies. Using
globalization, postmodern and postcolonial theories the book
deconstructs the long-held myths about NGO inviolability, and opens
ground for understanding their strengths. It interrogates sites of
contestation, apprehension and possibilities that the RF has
produced. Using RF projects, it looks at structures of hegemony,
race, power, class and gender that the RF has created. The book
illustrates the extent to which the RF has been instrumental in
spreading capitalism, imperialism in economic, political, cultural
and social realms through globalization. It desists from the grand
narrative approach that has dominated African history in the past
but instead gives agency and voice to those that have previously
been marginalized.
"The NGO Factor in Africa "breaks new ground in understanding the
role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book
historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a case study,
looking at its tripartite paradoxical roles as an agent of
colonialism, globalization and development/underdevelopment. It
deploys interdisciplinary devices to show how the RF projects have
engaged in marginalization, patronage and 'othering' of African
values and customs and the ensuing controversies. Using
globalization, postmodern and postcolonial theories the book
deconstructs the long-held myths about NGO inviolability, and opens
ground for understanding their strengths. It interrogates sites of
contestation, apprehension and possibilities that the RF has
produced. Using RF projects, it looks at structures of hegemony,
race, power, class and gender that the RF has created. The book
illustrates the extent to which the RF has been instrumental in
spreading capitalism, imperialism in economic, political, cultural
and social realms through globalization. It desists from the grand
narrative approach that has dominated African history in the past
but instead gives agency and voice to those that have previously
been marginalized.
This volume covers Kenya's history, society, culture, economics,
politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first
years of independence. The book comprises twenty-one chapters
divided into two parts. Part I focuses on the long precolonial
moment, detailing the nature of precolonial Kenyan societies and
their economics, politics, gender dynamics, and social
organization. Part II examines Kenyan societies' encounters with
British colonialism, critically outlining the impact and
implications of these encounters. The volume concludes with an
examination of political consolidation after the country's
attainment of political independence and the subsequent foundations
for political authoritarianism.
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