[PDF.09jq] Cartography and the Political Imagination: Mapping Community in Colonial Kenya (New African Histories)

After four decades of British rule in colonial Kenya, a previously unknown ethnic name?—?“Luyia”?—?appeared on the official census in 1948. The emergence of the Luyia represents a clear case of ethnic “invention.” At the same time, current restrictive theories privileging ethnic homogeneity fail to explain this defiantly diverse ethnic project, which now comprises the second-largest ethnic group in Kenya.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Cartography and the Political Imagination: Mapping Community in Colonial Kenya (New African Histories)   |  Julie MacArthur.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.