Essays about: "kikuyu"

Found 4 essays containing the word kikuyu.

  1. 1. Community-Policing in Kikuyu : Assessing the need for organizational change within a Police department from an institutional approach.

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Thomas Lidén; [2012]
    Keywords : Kenya; Police; Police reforms; Organizational change; Community-policing; Africa; Institutionalism;

    Abstract : Focusing on a community-policing pilot-project initiated in Kikuyu, a suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, the current paper seeks to create an understanding concerning local premises for community-policing implementation. It is based on a field study that combined participatory observations and semi-structured interviews to investigate how the management of the pilot-project on the one side and the local police officers on the other side perceives the latter’s professional duty in Kikuyu. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Exercise of Power through Creation of Knowledge: A Narrative of Environmental Change During Colonization in Kiambu, Kenya

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Follis; [2012]
    Keywords : environmental narratives; colonization; soil erosion; Kenya; knowledge power; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Ongoing environmental change is one of the greatest barriers facing programs and policies aiming to achieve sustainable development today. While the concept of sustainable development is relatively new, the threat of environmental change is not. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Mau Mau and the Nation State -Speaking about history in contemporary Kenyan politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mia Olsson; [2006]
    Keywords : nation state; Mau Mau; ethnic politics; discourse; Multi party democracy; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay examines contemporary political discourses about the Mau Mau insurgence, which took place in Kenya in 1952-1960. During the Mau Mau, the people living in the Central Highlands region, mainly of the Kikuyu ethnic group rebelled against colonial rule. READ MORE

  5. 4. Language and gender : Male domination among the Kikuyu of Kenya, East Africa

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Michael Maina Wanjeri; [2006]
    Keywords : Kikuyu; man; tradition; discourse; domination; submission; woman; speech; language; gender; conversation; non-standard language; linguistic; taboo;

    Abstract : Language and gender is one of the most intriguing and interesting areas in sociolinguistic study. It investigates how men and women (or boys and girls) use language differently in social contexts. Extensive study and research has been carried out in this field, particularly in regard to the English language. READ MORE