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What's in a name? : the politics of naming ethnic groups in Kenya's Cherangany Hills

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Lynch, Gabrielle (2016) What's in a name? : the politics of naming ethnic groups in Kenya's Cherangany Hills. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 10 (1). pp. 208-227. doi:10.1080/17531055.2016.1141564 ISSN 1753-1055.

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Abstract

This article analyses the politics of names and naming among the Sengwer–Cherangany community from Kenya's Cherangany Hills. Two requests submitted to the World Bank Inspection Panel (WBIP) by Sengwer and Cherangany leaders in 2013 in protest of alleged harms that resulted from a World Bank supported National Resources Management Project are the focus of the analysis. The requests articulated a dispute as to whether ‘locals’ were ‘indigenous peoples’, or ‘vulnerable and marginalised groups’, and whether they should be called ‘Sengwer’ or ‘Cherangany’. The struggle that ensued illustrates the local and extraversion strategies that are deployed to assert rights over cultural, socio-economic, ecological and political space through an insistence upon a specific ethnic label or brand. The case illustrates the extent to which names are imbued with cultural and legal meaning, and used to help legitimise certain engagements and interventions while delegitimising others. The analysis also highlights how bodies such as the WBIP can be used to protect and promote community interests through their recommendations and the production of ‘authoritative’ accounts or documentary archives.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Ethnic groups -- Kenya, Indigenous peoples -- Kenya
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Eastern African Studies
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1753-1055
Official Date: 8 March 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
8 March 2016Published
7 December 2015Accepted
10 April 2015Submitted
Volume: 10
Number: 1
Number of Pages: 20
Page Range: pp. 208-227
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2016.1141564
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 March 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 24 March 2016

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