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KenyKenya: Will Recognising Ethnic Identities Lead To Positive Outcomes?a Should Take Note: Recognising Ethnic Identities Can Lead To Positive Outcomes
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Kenya: Will Recognising Ethnic Identities Lead To Positive Outcomes?

Elisabeth King and Cyrus D Samii
April 23, 2021November 27, 2023
Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?
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Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?

Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
March 5, 2021November 27, 2023
Why I’m No Longer Talking to Kikuyus About Tribe
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to Kikuyus About Tribe

Rasna Warah Rasna Warah
July 20, 2019November 27, 2023
Borders versus People - Part I: The Tribe Conundrum
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Borders versus People – Part I: The Tribe Conundrum

Kalundi Serumaga Kalundi Serumaga
July 4, 2019November 27, 2023
The Forgotten History of Fire and the Tribal Wisdom That Changed the World
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The Forgotten History of Fire and the Tribal Wisdom That Changed the World

Stephen Corry
April 19, 2019November 27, 2023
Not My Brother’s Keeper: Forces That Have Kept the Luyia People Apart
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Not My Brother’s Keeper: Forces That Have Kept the Luyia People Apart

Bethuel Oduo
March 14, 2019November 27, 2023
The Original Sin: Land, Politics, and the History of Ethnic Tensions in the Rift Valley
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The Original Sin: Land, Politics and the History of Ethnic Tensions in the Rift Valley

Dauti Kahura
February 14, 2019November 27, 2023
Letter to the ‘Tribe’
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Letter to the ‘Tribe’

Arkanuddin Yasin
June 22, 2018
THE CALL OF THE CLAN: Challenges facing Somalia’s fledgling democracy
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THE CALL OF THE CLAN: Challenges facing Somalia’s fledgling democracy

Rasna Warah Rasna Warah
May 11, 2018November 27, 2023
THE 44TH TRIBE: The Asian Question and the Politics of Exclusion
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THE 44TH TRIBE: The Asian Question and the Politics of Exclusion

Rasna Warah Rasna Warah
March 5, 2018November 27, 2023
WHAT IS YOUR TRIBE? The Invention Of Kenya’s Ethnic Communities
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What Is Your Tribe? the Invention of Kenya’s Ethnic Communities

Patrick Gathara
March 5, 2018November 27, 2023
From my tribe, I take nothing
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From my tribe, I take nothing

Duncan Kairu
February 22, 2018
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