Hannah Whittaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 122482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannah Whittaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannah |
| FAMILY NAME | Whittaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITTAKER H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9891-4414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Unleashing the Lion's Roar
The recent boom in studies on colonial statues bears witness to the global "statue wars" waged in response to the unfinished business of decolonization and civil rights campaigns for racial and social justice. However, the focus of scholarship on iconoclasm and "fallism" has resulted in a relative absence of research into cases where fallism has failed in the face of grassroots campaigns to preserve colonial statues and monuments. This article he…
Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970
Journal Article Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970. Get access Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 300. Paper $44.99. Hannah Whittaker Hannah Whittaker Brunel University London, UK Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Th…
We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya
Keren Weitzberg's book is a timely and thought-provoking exposition of the debate surrounding the Somali presence in Kenya. While Somalis have always formed part of Kenya's indigenous population, their place in the country is nonetheless contested. Most recently, historical patterns of othering and discrimination against Kenyan Somalis has been revived in the context of Kenya's war on terror. In particular, the shared economic and
Youth on the margins: Criminalizing Kenya's pastoral frontier, c. 1930-present
The 'youth bulge' that has been observed across much of the Global South has resulted in the drawing of young people, especially young men, as a threat to social order. In Kenya, the 'spectre of youth radicalization' is particularly prevalent, and young Somali males have been singled out as a volatile youth demographic. While explanations for the correlation between political instability and violence and young men within youth bulge theory tends …
The Somali Factor in Urban Kenya: A History
Frontier Security in North East Africa: Conflict and Colonial Development on the Margins C. 1930–60
This article explores colonial development policy on the margins of British East Africa. It argues that much like current development practice in the region, increased colonial interventionism in the years after 1940 was motivated by security interests as well as environmental and economic considerations. Rural interventions were used as a mechanism to ‘rein in’ what were perceived to be subversive populations, as well as contain potential securi…
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968
In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya, Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book a…
Legacies of Empire: State Violence and Collective Punishment in Kenya's North Eastern Province, c . 1963–Present
This article reflects on the dual historical evolution of the use of state violence and collective punishment in Kenya, with particular reference to the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province. The use of collective punishment began under British rule as a strategy designed to control its African population, and was central to British counterinsurgency during the 1950s Mau Mau Emergency. This system of government was then entrenched and expanded …
A New Model Village? Nairobi Development and the Somali Question in Kenya, c. 1915–17
Kenya has a problem with its urban ethnic Somali population. Those who reside in suburbs of Nairobi are assumed to have entered the country illegally from Somalia, or to have migrated from the large refugee camps located in Dadaab and Kakuma in the north of the country. As such many perceive the Somali to be temporarily encamped in the city. This is despite the fact that Somali claims in Nairobi can be traced back to the first establishment of th…
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, C. 1963-1968
Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book also deals with the Kenyan government s respons…
The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Shifta Conflict in Kenya, C . 1963–8
Using a set of oral testimonies, together with military, intelligence, and administrative reports from the 1960s, this article re-examines the shifta conflict in Kenya. The article moves away from mono-causal, nationalistic interpretations of the event, to focus instead on the underlying socioeconomic dynamics and domestic implications of the conflict. It argues that the nationalist interpretation fails to capture the diversity of participation i…
Legacies of Empire: State Violence and Collective Punishment in Kenya's North Eastern Province, c . 1963–Present
This article reflects on the dual historical evolution of the use of state violence and collective punishment in Kenya, with particular reference to the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province. The use of collective punishment began under British rule as a strategy designed to control its African population, and was central to British counterinsurgency during the 1950s Mau Mau Emergency. This system of government was then entrenched and expanded …
The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Shifta Conflict in Kenya, C . 1963–8
Using a set of oral testimonies, together with military, intelligence, and administrative reports from the 1960s, this article re-examines the shifta conflict in Kenya. The article moves away from mono-causal, nationalistic interpretations of the event, to focus instead on the underlying socioeconomic dynamics and domestic implications of the conflict. It argues that the nationalist interpretation fails to capture the diversity of participation i…
Frontier Security in North East Africa: Conflict and Colonial Development on the Margins C. 1930–60
This article explores colonial development policy on the margins of British East Africa. It argues that much like current development practice in the region, increased colonial interventionism in the years after 1940 was motivated by security interests as well as environmental and economic considerations. Rural interventions were used as a mechanism to ‘rein in’ what were perceived to be subversive populations, as well as contain potential securi…
A New Model Village? Nairobi Development and the Somali Question in Kenya, c. 1915–17
Kenya has a problem with its urban ethnic Somali population. Those who reside in suburbs of Nairobi are assumed to have entered the country illegally from Somalia, or to have migrated from the large refugee camps located in Dadaab and Kakuma in the north of the country. As such many perceive the Somali to be temporarily encamped in the city. This is despite the fact that Somali claims in Nairobi can be traced back to the first establishment of th…
Youth on the margins: Criminalizing Kenya's pastoral frontier, c. 1930-present
The 'youth bulge' that has been observed across much of the Global South has resulted in the drawing of young people, especially young men, as a threat to social order. In Kenya, the 'spectre of youth radicalization' is particularly prevalent, and young Somali males have been singled out as a volatile youth demographic. While explanations for the correlation between political instability and violence and young men within youth bulge theory tends …
The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Shifta Conflict in Kenya, C . 1963–8
Using a set of oral testimonies, together with military, intelligence, and administrative reports from the 1960s, this article re-examines the shifta conflict in Kenya. The article moves away from mono-causal, nationalistic interpretations of the event, to focus instead on the underlying socioeconomic dynamics and domestic implications of the conflict. It argues that the nationalist interpretation fails to capture the diversity of participation i…
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, C. 1963-1968
Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book also deals with the Kenyan government s respons…
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya: A Social History of the Shifta Conflict, c. 1963-1968
In Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Kenya, Hannah Whittaker offers an in-depth analysis of the Somali secessionist war in northern Kenya, 1963-68. Combining archival and oral data, the work captures the complexity of the conflict, which combined a series of local, national and regional confrontations. The conflict was not, Whittaker argues, evidence of the potency of Somali nationalism, but rather an early expression of its failure. The book a…
Legacies of Empire: State Violence and Collective Punishment in Kenya's North Eastern Province, c . 1963–Present
This article reflects on the dual historical evolution of the use of state violence and collective punishment in Kenya, with particular reference to the Somali-inhabited North Eastern Province. The use of collective punishment began under British rule as a strategy designed to control its African population, and was central to British counterinsurgency during the 1950s Mau Mau Emergency. This system of government was then entrenched and expanded …
A New Model Village? Nairobi Development and the Somali Question in Kenya, c. 1915–17
Kenya has a problem with its urban ethnic Somali population. Those who reside in suburbs of Nairobi are assumed to have entered the country illegally from Somalia, or to have migrated from the large refugee camps located in Dadaab and Kakuma in the north of the country. As such many perceive the Somali to be temporarily encamped in the city. This is despite the fact that Somali claims in Nairobi can be traced back to the first establishment of th…
Frontier Security in North East Africa: Conflict and Colonial Development on the Margins C. 1930–60
This article explores colonial development policy on the margins of British East Africa. It argues that much like current development practice in the region, increased colonial interventionism in the years after 1940 was motivated by security interests as well as environmental and economic considerations. Rural interventions were used as a mechanism to ‘rein in’ what were perceived to be subversive populations, as well as contain potential securi…
The Somali Factor in Urban Kenya: A History
We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya
Keren Weitzberg's book is a timely and thought-provoking exposition of the debate surrounding the Somali presence in Kenya. While Somalis have always formed part of Kenya's indigenous population, their place in the country is nonetheless contested. Most recently, historical patterns of othering and discrimination against Kenyan Somalis has been revived in the context of Kenya's war on terror. In particular, the shared economic and
Youth on the margins: Criminalizing Kenya's pastoral frontier, c. 1930-present
The 'youth bulge' that has been observed across much of the Global South has resulted in the drawing of young people, especially young men, as a threat to social order. In Kenya, the 'spectre of youth radicalization' is particularly prevalent, and young Somali males have been singled out as a volatile youth demographic. While explanations for the correlation between political instability and violence and young men within youth bulge theory tends …
Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970
Journal Article Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970. Get access Terje Østebø. Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale Insurgency, 1963–1970. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. 300. Paper $44.99. Hannah Whittaker Hannah Whittaker Brunel University London, UK Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Th…
Unleashing the Lion's Roar
The recent boom in studies on colonial statues bears witness to the global "statue wars" waged in response to the unfinished business of decolonization and civil rights campaigns for racial and social justice. However, the focus of scholarship on iconoclasm and "fallism" has resulted in a relative absence of research into cases where fallism has failed in the face of grassroots campaigns to preserve colonial statues and monuments. This article he…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Somali (5 works)