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This article examines the social and political background of escalating violence between ethnic groups in southwestern Ethiopia who until recently had customary and ritually sanctioned ways of resolving conflict. It focuses on the Maji area, a frontier region inhabited by two...

Land settlement is one of the major, if not the main, rural development activities at the Kenya Coast. Since independence 16 settlement schemes have been started with a total of 17,000 plots for an estimated135,000 inhabitants. The historical background of population and...

This is the concluding chapter of the Kenya Coast Handbook based on the 24 reviews by different authors on various political, economic and social issues. The epilogue emphasizes the mutual role of existing culture and available resources in the development of the region. The...

Despite its economic and cultural potential, the Kenya Coast finds itself in a marginal position. The Kenya Coast Handbook traces the causes behind this situation and analyses it from different angles: political, economic and social. The present text serves as introductory...

Despite its economic and cultural potential, the Kenya Coast finds itself in a marginal position. This collective volume traces the causes behind this situation and analyses it from different angles: political, economic and social. Most of the papers included in this volume...

Despite its economic and cultural potential, the Kenya Coast finds itself in a marginal position. This collective volume traces the causes behind this situation and analyses it from different angles: political, economic and social. Most of the papers included in this volume...

The case studies collected in this volume suggest that 'violence' is not a simple, universal urge, but is contingent and context-dependent, shaped by social relations of power, force and dominance. The contributions identify the symbolic and ritualized aspects of...

This report constitutes a synthesis of three case studies of intrastate conflicts in Africa. Research was conducted in the context of the Conflict Policy Research Project executed by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' for the...

The papers brought together in this volume were originally presented at a symposium on the culture, history and economy of the Otjiherero-speaking people - the Herero and the Himba - of Namibia, which was held in Siegberg, Germany, in September 1997. The papers are grouped in...

The coastal region is a net importer of food. Under these conditions, household food security can still be realized thanks to non-farm income. Yet, for a sizeable portion of the population food security is not assured. Furthermore, the current food pattern, which relies...