ASC Seminar: ‘I Blame the Sky Rivers’

Moses Mwangi, South Eastern Kenya University. On the Role of Participatory Research in Managing Conflicts over Natural Resources in Africa. New arrivals in Malalani Location in Kenya’s Kitui County are greeted with thoughtful but slightly suspicious smiles. Three words − displacement, destitution and death – summarize what is happening in this area. Violent conflicts between the Kamba and Somali communities in Malalani over water and pasture are common and often end in deaths. The CoCooN Initiatives Kenya project has used participatory research approaches to build up an understanding of the undercurrents of the conflict and to bring together the protagonists. Please register.

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