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East Africa in transition : images, institutions, and identities by Judith M Bahemuka; Joseph L Brockington; International Learning Center; International Symposium on East Africa in Transition is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is East Africa in transition : images, institutions, and identities about?

The challenge to the scholars and policy makers against the backdrop of all the identified institutional weaknesses, convoluted identities and poor self images is to aggressively participate in global partnerships, at the same time creating an enabling environment that will nurture the emerging identities. Several questions have been put forward in the book. Chief among these questions is what, in a holistic manner, informs and moulds the East African identity. Is it the shared colonial heritage including the legacy of artificial political borders? Is it a product of ethnicity and/or home locale? Could it be the similarity among the languages within the region? Is it the commonality of the struggle of all the peoples of East Africa to take their place in the global village? Is identity the product of self-actualization or a local response to global pressures? These questions, and many more, were parts of the conversations held during the Nairobi Symposium. Certainly, the book does not provide all the answers to these questions. There is the need for continued study and for serious self-reflection by all of the parties and communities involved in the transition process. Likewise, th

Who reads East Africa in transition : images, institutions, and identities?

Author

Judith M Bahemuka; Joseph L Brockington; International Learning Center; International Symposium on East Africa in Transition

Publisher

University of Nairobi Press; Univ. of Nairobi Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9789966888518

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Social Science, Political Science