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Lynch, Gabrielle.

I say to you : ethnic politics and the Kalenjin in Kenya / Gabrielle Lynch. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - xvi, 291 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The nature and political salience of ethnic identity -- Creating a community: from Nandi speakers to Kalenjin -- Popularizing the Kalenjin: decolonization and the first Majimbo debate -- Moi: the making of an African "big man" -- Harambee to Nyayo: control and patronage in the president's backyard -- Democratization and the "Kalenjin vote", 1990-2002 -- Multiparty politics and the "ethnic factor" 2002-2008 -- Conclusion: Ethnic politics in modern Kenya -- Appendix: multiparty election and referendum results in Kalenjin-dominated constituencies.

ISBN: 9780226498041 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226498042 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226498058 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226498050 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 40019930109

LCCN: 2011003350

Subjects--Personal Names:
Moi, Daniel Arap, 1924-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kalenjin (African people)--Ethnic identity.--Kenya
Kalenjin (African people)--Ethnic identity--Political aspects--Kenya.
Regionalism--Political aspects--Kenya.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kenya--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Kenya--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: DT433.545.K35 / L96 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/5