It is becoming increasingly clear that the effectiveness of peacebuilding in Africa is intertwined with the health of African higher education. Long-term peace in Africa will not be possible without greater African…
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Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Imagining Canaan: Singing Opposition Party NASA’s Vision in Kenya’s 2017 Elections
by C. J. Odhiambo
Music and songs have been deployed in variegated contexts and for diverse concerns. However, the focus of this article is specifically on the mobilization of music and song in promoting political messages and visions. There are numerous examples of the overt deployment of music and song in politics and civic activism. Interesting instances abound from […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Not Yet Uhuru: Is This the Making of Kenya’s First One-Term President?
by Duncan Omanga
In his 2017 New Year message, President Uhuru Kenyatta expressed confidence at being reelected. Indeed, polls showed him likely to win by over 50 percent if elections were called. But things have since changed, and President Kenyatta faces the possibility of being Kenya’s first one-term president. The latest polls released this week show a statistical […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Land Question in Kenya’s 2017 General Election: A Historical Review
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Bankruptcy of Peace, and of the Constitution, in Kenya’s 2017 Elections
by Muema Wambua
The 2010 Constitution of Kenya is transformative, to say the least. It is, however, bankrupt on peace; so is the country. The word “peace” appears a paltry four times in the constitution: first in the Preamble, second in Article 37 on the right to “peaceable” demonstrations, third in Article 238 (1) on threats to national […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
The Ethnicity Factor and Risk of Conflict in the 2017 Kenyan Elections
by Jacinta Mwende Maweu
Kenya has held elections every five years since it obtained independence in 1963. The August 8, 2017, elections will be the country’s sixth since the end of one-party rule in 1991, and the second since the introduction of a new constitution in 2010. The elections also mark a decade since the worst political violence ever […]
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Party Doesn’t Matter: Ethnic Parties and Multiethnic Coalitions in Kenya
Kenya's 2017 Presidential Election
Special Issue: Kenya’s 2017 Presidential Elections
by Duncan Omanga
Kenyans go to the polls on August 8, 2017. President Uhuru Kenyatta of the ruling Jubilee Party is up against Raila Odinga, the veteran opposition leader from the National Super Alliance (NASA). While electoral contests involving incumbents are seen as routine processes with predictable outcomes in many African countries, the same cannot be said of […]
Editorials
Introducing the APN’s 2017 Grant Recipients
by African Peacebuilding Network
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients of its Individual Research Grants and Book Manuscript Completion Grants. The 2017 Individual Research Grant cohort features sixteen individuals from twelve countries, including the APN’s first Individual Research Grant recipients from Egypt, Morocco, and Rwanda. Their […]
