“Go Back and Tell Them Who the Real Men Are!” Gendering Our Understanding of Kibera’s Post-election Violence

Using a gendered analysis, this article examines the post election violence (PEV) in Kibera, Kenya, between December 2007 and February 2008. Through indepth interviews with Kibera residents, the article interrogates how gender influenced violent mobilizations in Kenya’s most notorious slum. Most sch...

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Main Author: Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bielefeld 2016-04-01
Series:International Journal of Conflict and Violence
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Online Access:http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/480/pdf