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Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa : Opportunities and Challenges

In most of Africa, there is evidence of politicised inter-ethnic rivalry and ethnic mobilisation to acquire, maintain or monopolise power as competition for resources intensify. This volume demonstrates how ethnic diversity can be managed at a number of levels in order to improve the lives of citize...

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Autor principal: Njogu, Kimani
Otros Autores: Wanjau, Mary, Ngeta, Kabiri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Twaweza Communications, 2010.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Content; Acknowledgements; A Prologue to Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Africa; Political inclusion and minority rights; Interventions to empower youth economically; Education; Nationhood, national cohesion and integration; Interventions in the land sector; Notes; Conceptualizing Ethnicity; Ethnic Pluralism and National Governance in Africa: A Survey; Introduction; Global resurgence of ethnic claims; Misunderstanding ethnic reality in Africa and the solution for it; National governance under conditions of ethnic pluralism in Africa; Conclusion; Notes. 
505 0 |a What Do We Share?From the Local to the Global, and Back AgainUs and them; Crocodiles and tree trunks; Non-compatible input?; Identities; Origin stories and hierarchies; Different colours, different races; The origin of black and white people in Africa; The rich and the poor; The children of Eve; A world in need of a future; Notes; References; Production of Ethnic Identity in Kenya; Introduction; Ethnic identity and ethnicity; Evolution of the Kalenjin ethnic identity; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Links Between African Proverbs and Sayings and Ethnic Diversity. 
505 0 |a 1. African proverbs and sayings that describe and analyze the present reality in Africa today2. African proverbs and sayings and stories that promote peacebuilding and reconciliation in Africa today; 3. Telling our African stories of forgiveness, justice, reconciliation and peacemaking; (Over)riding the Rainbow. Ethnic Diversity and the Kenyan Creative Economy; Part One: Overriding the rainbow; Part Two: Riding the rainbow; Conclusion; References; Leveraging Africa's Diversity for an improved Image and Branding; Introduction; Africa's diversity: A blessing or curse? 
505 0 |a Africa's branding and image buildingWhy brand Africa?; To what extent does Africa need branding?; Ethnic diversity tools for branding; Conclusion; References; Ethnicity in Politics; Ethnic Diversity, Democratization and Nation-Building in Ghana; Introduction; Focus of paper; The challenge of nation-building amidst ethnic diversity; The meanings of nation-building; Elements of nation-building as identity formation and governance; Strategies employed in Ghana to manage ethnic relations and promote nation-building; Adoption of affirmative action policies and programs. 
505 0 |a Use of a mandatory constitutional framework for nation-buildingUse of socio-economic development as a strategy for nation-building; Commitment to fairness in the distribution of national development; Development and promotion of a national peace architecture; Use of traditional social mediators; Teaching conflict prevention and conflict resolution skills to youths; Institutionalization of public educational programmes; Establishment of Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commissions; Creating an educational system that produces nationalists; Adopting a policy of multiculturalism. 
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