Coloniality, modern subjectivities in Kenya and exclusion of African women in preventing violent extremism

Bibliographic Data

ID12240271
AuthorsSamwel Oando (0000-0002-2040-1093, Africa International University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume37
Issue6
Pages769-790
Publication date2024-05-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCambridge Review of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0955-7571 • E-ISSN: 1474-449X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09557571.2024.2346466
OpenAlexW4396672052
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited66

Cosmetic attention to contextual nuances has been a major obstacle in many programmes for preventing violent extremism (PVE) in Kenya. The study highlights how donor-funded interventions often disregard cultural values and local experience by posing a subtle resistance to learn from the knowledge of local actors. The non-recognition of contextual knowledge postures a gender problem, increasing chances for systemic exclusion of African women from the knowledge production system. The paper interrogates how modern subjectivities, entrenched in contemporary interventions, exude colonial legacies in PVE. Using decolonial theory and interviews with local practitioners, the study submits that many donor-funded PVE approaches risk pushing further the voice of indigenous African women to the periphery of knowledge production. The paper concludes that PVE interventions in the local context have an opportunity for reinforcing indigenous perspectives through a decisive decolonial strategy in the women peace and security agenda

Criminology · Development economics · Economics · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Violent extremism · Gender Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion, Society, and Development · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence