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This paper is about the ways in which forces of globalization have impacted on, and shaped the construction of, citizenship in Africa generally and Kenya in particular. It is also about globalization and violence associated with the resur gence of ethnic nationalism. The empirical part of the paper focuses on Tana River region, a marginalized, poor and bandit-prone multi-ethnic region on the delta of Kenya's largest river. The region's proximity to Somalia, where the state has collapsed and warlords hold sway, has also exposed the region to the effects of cross-border flows of firearms, 'mercenaries' and bandits. Moreover, the World Bank has funded several projects in Tana River, but its funding, man agement policies and the overall impact of the investments have accentuated ethnic conflict within and between herders and farmers over water-points, pas ture and farmlands. These conflicts have engendered the reconstruction of new ethnic identities and alliances, and the selective use of historical memories and cultural institutions to buttress exclusive claims to territorial citizenship. These localized "processes are linked to ethnic contests at the civic realm by intense politicization of citizenship as a logical consequence of liberal majoritarian de mocracy in ethnically divided polities. The paper maps the contours of the his torical process through which globalization has undermined social citizenship and the nationalist project in post-colonial Africa, thus everywhere animating ethnicity and localizing citizenship.

Faced with the challenge of a new, multi-ethnic political coalition, President Daniel arap Moi shifted the axis of the 2002 electoral contest from ethnicity to the politics of generational conflict. The strategy backfired, ripping his party wide open & resulting in its humiliating defeat in the December 2002 general elections. Nevertheless, the discourse of a generational change of guard as a blueprint for a more accountable system of governance won the support of some youth movements like Mungiki. This article examines how the movement's leadership exploited the generational discourse in an effort to capture power. Examining the manipulation of generational & ethnic identities in patrimonial politics, the article argues that the instrumentalization of ethnicity in African politics has its corollary in the concomitant instrumentalization of other identities -- race, class, gender, clan, age & religion. References. Adapted from the source document.

This paper is about the ways in which forces of globalization have impacted on, and shaped the construction of citizenship in Africa generally and Kenya in particular. It is also about globalization and violence associated with the resurgence of ethnic nationalism. The empirical part of the paper focuses on Tana River region, a marginalized, poor and bandit-prone multi-ethnic region on the delta of Kenya's largest river. (...) The World Bank has funded several projects in Tana River, but its funding, management policies and the overall impact of the investments have accentuated ethnic conflict within and between herders and farmers over water-points, pasture and farmlands. These conflicts have engendered the reconstruction of new ethnic identities and alliances (...). The paper maps the contours of the historical process through which globalization has undermined social citizenship and the nationalist project in post-colonial Africa, thus everywhere animating ethnicity and localizing citizenship. (Afr Dev/DÜI)

This article examines the ethnically discriminatory nature of Kenya's refugee policy, its influence on the administration & practice of refugee affairs, especially by relief agencies, & its role in encouraging sexual violence against women refugees.