Historical Memory As A Foundation For Peace: Network Formation And Ethnic Identity In North ...

Historical Memory As A Foundation For Peace: Network Formation And Ethnic Identity In North Mara, Tanzania Jan Bender Shetler, 2010   While ethnic identity formulated by historical memory is often understood as the cause of violent conflict in Africa, this qualitative historical study of interethnic relations between Luo and Bantu-speaking communities on the borderlands of Tanzania and western Kenya demonstrates just the opposite. In fact, migration and violent conflicts over land in the...

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