Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle

Auteur:

Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle

Date de publication:

27 Novembre 2017

Mots-clefs:

human-rights activism
Kenya
Cameroon
Ideologies
opposition

Publié ici :

28 Novembre 2017

Mis à jour le :

28 Novembre 2017

Domaines:

Sciences politiques

Langue de publication:

Anglais

Zone géographique:

Afrique

Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya

Article de Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle
IFRA / FIRA Nairobi - Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique / French Institute for Research in Africa
dans la revue Africa Today, Indiana University Press, 2006.

Through a comparative analysis of human-rights activism in Kenya and Cameroon, this paper illustrates how contemporary human-rights discourse in Kenya is rooted in a contested political language, based on the memory of the Mau Mau insurrection. The strength of Kenyan human-rights nongov-ernmental organizations derives partly from this symbolic and ideological heritage. Manufacturing heroes and combining ideologies and moral standpoints requires the erasure of contradictions and, at times, the simplification of history in order to fit the past into contemporary political movements. Nevertheless, recurrent references to the past have allowed human-rights defenders to further their cause and justify their demands regarding wealth and accountability in the national community.

Plan de l'article :

Introcduction
Remembering "Preindependence" Conflicts: The Formation of Postcolonial Political Spaces and Languages
Human-Rights Activists:Social and Symbolic (Dis-)Continuities in the Opposition
Human Rights, Ideologies, and History
Conclusion

Dernières actualités de l'IFRE

Derniers contenus par mots-clefs

IFRA - Nairobi Kenya La valeur et l’usage dans une mine électronique de... Par Rémi Reboux, diplômé en Recherche Comparative en... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Kenya “Challenges faced in the resettlement of Internally... A girl draws water from an open dam, the only source of... Lire la suite	CEDEJ Afrique de l’est Observatoire Afrique de l'Est « Observatoire de l’Afrique de l’Est » / « Observatory of... Lire la suite
IFRA - Nairobi Kenya Co-constructiong cost-recovery, assembling benevolence Tristl Christiane Mambo! Volume XIV, 4/ 2017 Concerned... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Feminism Gendered issues and contested benefits: The case of... Graham R.L. Fox, « Gendered issues and contested benefits:... Lire la suite	CFEE agriculture Journal of Eastern African Studies – Celebrating Ten... Journal of Eastern African Studies – Celebrating Ten Years... Lire la suite
IFRA - Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Masterplan for the city of Nairobi (NIUPLAN) ‘We do not want any more masters’: Ruins, planning and... ‘We do not want any more masters’: Ruins, planning and the... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Kenya Gendered issues and contested benefits. The case of... Article de Graham Fox Though many feminist and postcolonial... Lire la suite	IFEA - Istanbul attentats Ambiguités turques AMBIGUITÉS TURQUES La réception des attentats de 2015 en... Lire la suite

IFRA - Nairobi Being Kenyan in the Times of a Crisis: Confli... In the face of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Kenyan g Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi aide à la mobilité internationale Séjour de recherche postdoctoral ATLAS 2022 \|... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi aide à la mobilité internationale Séjour de recherche postdoctoral ATLAS 2022 \|... Lire la suite
IFRA - Nairobi Sources SOURCES. MATÉRIAUX & TERRAINS EN ÉTUDES A... 2 \| 2021 Sources of Violence Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Guns and Conservation: Protecting Wildlife an... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi LE KENYA EN MARCHE, 2000-2020 Lire la suite
IFRA - Nairobi Police brutality Police Brutality and Solidarity during the CO... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Zanzibar, élections 2020 : Stratégie de l’écr... Lire la suite	IFRA - Nairobi Citizens’ Perception of Leadership during COV... Lire la suite

UMIFRE

Unités mixtes des instituts français de recherche à l'étranger

Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle

Auteur:

Date de publication:

Mots-clefs:

Publié ici :

Mis à jour le :

Domaines:

Langue de publication:

Zone géographique:

Visiter le site web

Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya

Dernières actualités de l'IFRE

Derniers contenus par mots-clefs

Formulaire de recherche

Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle

Auteur:

Date de publication:

Mots-clefs:

Publié ici :

Mis à jour le :

Domaines:

Langue de publication:

Zone géographique:

Visiter le site web

Universal Claims and Selective Memory: A Comparative Perspective on the Culture of Opposition in Kenya

Dernières actualités de l'IFRE

Derniers contenus par mots-clefs

Twitter

Facebook