The Nubians of Kenya and the emancipatory potential of collective recognition Balaton-Chrimes, Samantha 2011, The Nubians of Kenya and the emancipatory potential of collective recognition, Australasian review of African studies, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 12-31. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads balatonchrimes-nubiansofkenya-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 273.31KB 143 Title The Nubians of Kenya and the emancipatory potential of collective recognition Author(s) Balaton-Chrimes, Samantha Journal name Australasian review of African studies Volume number 32 Issue number 1 Start page 12 End page 31 Total pages 20 Publisher African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2011-06 ISSN 1447-8420 Keyword(s) recognition Kenya Nubian politics Summary The Nubians in Kenya, a community who have in the past been considered stateless, have recently begun to emerge from their marginal status in the country. Over the past two years, as individuals Nubians have had improved access to ID cards and as a group they received a code in the 2009 census. However these political gains are only part of a greater struggle on the part of the community to be fully recognized as a tribe of Kenya. Identity politics and claims for recognition dominate social politics in many African countries, however the normative underpinnings of these complex and often challenging claims are yet to be fully explored in the African context. Drawing on seven months of qualitative fieldwork, this article explores the emancipatory potential of collective recognition. By articulating a positive vision of the moral and political value of ethnic community, the article makes a critical contribution to theory of the politics of recognition in the African context. Language eng Field of Research 160602 Citizenship 160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy Socio Economic Objective 940201 Civics and Citizenship HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2011, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30059934 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 14:17:00 EST Thu, 23 Jan 2014, 07:27:37 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 12:33:37 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 12:35:16 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 12:37:36 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 12:38:48 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 14:56:43 EST Fri, 24 Jan 2014, 14:58:27 EST Wed, 19 Feb 2014, 12:41:30 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 13:52:57 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 15:30:46 EST Mon, 04 Aug 2014, 10:24:26 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 12:15:52 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 22:37:03 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:46:38 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 14:07:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 209 Abstract Views, 151 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 22 Jan 2014, 14:16:47 EST by Sam Balaton-chrimes

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