{"product_id":"obama-and-kenya-contested-histories-and-the-politics-of-belonging-paperback","title":"Obama and Kenya: Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Carotenuto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarack Obama's political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama's ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya's past in service of their own ends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough narratives placing Obama into a simplified, sweeping narrative of anticolonial barbarism and postcolonial \"tribal\" violence, the story of the United States president's nuanced relationship to Kenya has been lost amid stereotypical portrayals of Africa. At the same time, Kenyan state officials have aimed to weave Obama into the contested narrative of Kenyan nationhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew Carotenuto and Katherine Luongo argue that efforts to cast Obama as a \"son of the soil\" of the Lake Victoria basin invite insights into the politicized uses of Kenya's past. Ideal for classroom use and directed at a general readership interested in global affairs, \u003ci\u003eObama and Kenya\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important counterpoint to the many popular but inaccurate texts about Kenya's history and Obama's place in it as well as focused, thematic analyses of contemporary debates about ethnic politics, \"tribal\" identities, postcolonial governance, and U.S. African relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Carotenuto is associate professor of history and coordinator of African Studies at St. Lawrence University. He studies the ways Kenyan identities are imagined within the context of colonial violence, postcolonial politics, and indigenous sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Luongo is associate professor of history at Northeastern University. Her work examines the supernatural, law, and politics in Africa, and global asylum seeking. Her book, \u003ci\u003eWitchcraft and Colonial Rule in Kenya, 1900-1955, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Bethwell Ogot Prize and the Martin A. Klein Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129789288583,"sku":"9780896803008","price":48.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/876bd19f13f31a8e722f1734c5aed0cd.webp?v=1732605871","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/obama-and-kenya-contested-histories-and-the-politics-of-belonging-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}