Contesting identities : the Mijikenda and their neighbors in Kenyan coastal society /
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| Imprint: | Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, c2014. |
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| Description: | xxxviii, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9346064 |
Table of Contents:
- Reinterpreting the past. The identity of early Kenyan coastal peoples : a comparative analysis of human remains from Mtwapa, Shanga, and Taita Hills / Chapurukha Kusimba, Janet M. Monge, and Sibel B. Kusimba
- The Segeju complex? : linguistic evidence for the precolonial making of the Mijikenda / Martin Walsh. Perspectives on identity. Complexities of identity in the East African coastal area / Linda Giles
- Loss of purity? : coastal Giriama and the culture of fertility / Monica Udvardy
- Exploring the power of bango : a quest for identity in diversity / Kaingu Kalume Tinga. Cultural contestations. Legacies of race and racism at the Kenya coast : historiography and the academic suppression of subaltern epistemology / Jesse Benjamin
- Paths to prosperity : Pokomo and Giriama migrant workers in Lamu / Rebecca Gearhart
- Kajiwe's witchfinding movement and the challenge to Swahili cultural hegemony / Diane Ciekawy
- The democratic roots in Mijikenda polity / Katama Mkangi. Contemporary movements. The Kaya legacy : the role of the Mijikenda Makaya and Kaya elders in postcolonial Kenya / John Baya Mitsanze and Linda Giles
- Ndata leadership staffs and forest conservation among the Kaya elders of Kilifi District / Amini H. Tengeza and Celia Nyamweru
- Identity politics and culture in coastal Kenya : the role of the Malindi District Cultural Association / Celia Nyamweru
- The long journey home : the theft and repatriation of Giriama memorial statues (vigango) / Linda Giles, Monica Udvardy, with John Baya Mitsanze.
