Following the elections of 2007, there was a significant increase in public expressions of
secessionist feeling on the Kenya coast. During 2010 and 2011, one manifestation of this …

What explains the emergence of Islamist violence as a substantial security threat in such
diverse contexts as Kenya, Mali and Nigeria? This article addresses this question through …

In this paper, we intend to deconstruct the term 'tribalism'as a colonial category, which
figures as a prominent concept in social studies on Kurds as well as the Middle East at large …

In December 1963, Kenya formally declared its independence yet it would take a year of
intense negotiations for it to transform into a presidential republic, with Jomo Kenyatta as its …

This article examines the perceived interdependence of territorial rights and social identity in
colonial Kenya. In the early 1960s, attempts to win full autonomy for a narrow strip of Indian …

At the coast, the run-up to Kenya's 2013 elections was dominated by fears of violence and
the calls for a boycott by the secessionist Mombasa Republican Council. However, the …

The 'WISE-UP to climate'project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a
'nature-based solution'for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within …

Focusing on the Kenya coast, this article analyses the developing contrast between the
place of Islam and Christianity in public politics. It argues that Islam's association with …

Though Arab travellers first mentioned the 'land of the Sawāhil'in the thirteenth century,
communities living on the coasts and islands of eastern Africa did not begin identifying as …

This research explores the relationship between cultural demography and Islamist violence
in Africa in a cross-national time series study. It argues that while religious demography can …