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Invasion of Kenyatta's Northlands, by Kikuyus (majority from Kiambu), should ring a warning bell, a time bomb. It's POLITICAL & ILLEGAL. But underlying this CRIMINAL act is a deep community grievance. I once read Mau Mau's Mzee Gítú Kahengeri notes on Northlands transaction.
Holoi poloi, proletariat, peasants in Kiambu, indeed most Kikuyus, community, have no sympathies on Kenyattas on the Land Question. Resentment is deepest in Ichaweri. Unfortunately, Uhuru never used his presidency to mend. Evicting urban poor Ruai, Kariobangi, aggravated it.
We successfully lobbied President Kibaki on Nyeri squatter problem. It was partly solved, with tacit compassionate help of First Lady Lucy. Unfortunately, as in Mau Mau settlement, it's public dormain over 50% of Solio ranch was grabbed by greedy elites and politically connected.
#ArchieMafeje memorial lecture, LAND AND AGRARIAN REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA Lessons from other parts of the continent
4 September 2020 | 10:00 am to 12pm (CAT/SAST) | Online Seminar Zoom link: zoom.us/j/99768946836?…
4 September 2020 | 10:00 am to 12pm (CAT/SAST) | Online Seminar Zoom link: zoom.us/j/99768946836?…
Prof. Archie Mafeje (1936-2007) was a leading anthropologist and political economist whose ideas and work on African land and agrarian questions remain profoundly relevant today. An impressive panel discussing him @ #ArchieMafeje memorial.
Prof. @Jimiadesina of @unisa argues that #ArchieMafeje's thought lives on in the scholarly debates about African land, and his notion of a "lineage mode of production" as the dominant African form, rather than land commodification and market-based agrarian relations.
