Yusuf Dawood's One Life Too Many (1987) is a poignant exploration of the life of British expatriate Sydney Walker in colonial and postcolonial Kenya. The text epitomizes the nexus between power and masculinity through the rise and fall of the
“The Dragon Can't Roar”
Analysis of British Expatriate Masculinity in Yusuf Dawood's One Life Too Many
Antony Mukasa Mate
In Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 33–46
“Can You Really See What We Write Online?”
Ethics and Privacy in Digital Research with Girls
Ronda Zelezny-Green
located in the east of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city. This part of the city is one of the most densely populated and many households in the area are working-class or impoverished, with subsistence employment prevalent. There are approximately 35 members of
Laborers, Migrants, Refugees
Managing Belonging, Bodies, and Mobility in (Post)Colonial Kenya and Tanzania
Hanno Brankamp and Patricia Daley
neighboring countries, in particular Kenya and Tanzania. By 2000, Tanzania was hosting around 702,000 refugees and asylum seekers, while Kenya was home to over 219,000 ( UNHCR 2004 ). Since then, Kenya's refugee population has soared to 490,000, while 337
Meghan Bellerose, Maryama Diaw, Jessie Pinchoff, Beth Kangwana, and Karen Austrian
Introduction From March to July 2020, the Kenyan government implemented mitigation measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. These included closing schools on 15 March, banning large social gatherings, and enacting a national dusk to dawn
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Secondary Movers on the Fringes of Refugee Mobility in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Jolien Tegenbos and Karen Büscher
order to better understand the complexity of migrant experiences and conceptualize the “mixedness.” This article, with its analysis of the migration-asylum nexus in the setting of Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, builds further on a continuing “plea” for
Impatient Accumulation, Immediate Consumption
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