Representations of Nationhood in the Displays of the National Museums of Kenya (NMK)
The Nairobi National Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9367534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kiprop Lagat (Government of Kenya, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-39 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1930-1944 • E-ISSN: 2326-411X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19301944.2017.1309942 |
| OpenAlex | W2610544598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Colonialism, with its divide-and-rule tactics, has been blamed for sowing the seeds of ethnicity in Kenya. While it was anticipated that the attainment of political independence in 1963 would herald new leadership with the desire to build a united nation, this was not to be. Instead, each successive regime has further polarized the nation by ensuring that development projects and employment opportunities are largely offered to their ethnic communities and to regions that voted for them. This has made the quest for a Kenyan nationhood untenable. The Kenyan constitution recognizes culture as the foundation of the nation and as the cumulative civilization of the Kenyan people and nation. Therefore, it is expected that culture would be used to cultivate nationhood. This article, thus, discusses the various ways the National Museums of Kenya has used cultural heritage collections and memorial monuments to represent nationhood during the last fifty years
Civilization · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Constitution · Ethnic group · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Kenya · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |