African Ambiguities: Kenya Tries Again

Issue Date April 1998
Volume 9
Issue 2
Page Numbers 32-48
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About the Authors

Joel D. Barkan

Joel D. Barkan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Iowa and nonresident senior associate with the Africa program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is the author of the 2011 CSIS report “Kenya: Assessing Risks to Stability.”

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Njuguna Ng’ethe

Njuguna Ng’ethe, visiting associate professor of political science at the University of Iowa, was formerly executive director of the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research in Nairobi.

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