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Delimitation of the Elastic Ilemi Triangle: Pastoral Conflicts and Official Indifference in the Horn of Africa
Delimitation Of The Elastic Ilemi Triangle: Pastoral Conflicts and Official Indifference in the Horn Of Africa NENE MBURU ABSTRACT This article observes that although scholars have addressed the problem of the inherited colonial boundaries in Africa, there are lacunae in our knowledge of the complexity of demarcating the Kenya-Sudan-Ethiopia tri-junctional point known as the Ilemi Triangle. Apart from being a gateway to an area of Sudan rich in unexplored oil reserves, Ilemi is only significant for its dry season pastures that support communities of different countries. By analyzing why, until recently, the Ilemi has been ‘unwanted’ and hence not economically developed by any regional government, the article aims to historically elucidate differences of perception and significance of the area between the authorities and the local herders. On the one hand, the forage-rich pastures of Ilemi have been the casus belli (cause for war) among transhumant communities of Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya, and an enigma to colonial surveyors who could not determine their ‘ownership’ and extent. On the other hand, failure to administer the region in the last century reflects the lack of attractiveness to the authorities that have not agreed on security and grazing arrangements for the benefit of their respective nomadic populations. This article places the disputed ‘triangle’ of conflict into historical, anthropological, sociological and political context. The closing reflections assess the future of the dispute in view of the current initiative by the USA to end the 19-year-old civil war in Sudan and promote the country’s relationship with her neighbors particularly Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia. -
Pastoralist Civil Societies Cooperative Empowerment Across Boundaries in Borderlands of Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia
Pastoralist Civil Societies Cooperative empowerment across boundaries in borderlands of Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia Study of civil society in Eastern African border regions Report prepared by Immo Eulenberger in co-operation with Benedikt Kamski, Hannah Longole and Arnold Bergstraesser Institut (ABI) Published by Arnold Bergstraesser Institut Freiburg e.V. für kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung Windausstraße 16, 79110 Freiburg, Germany +0049-761-888780 www.arnold-bergstraesser.de on behalf of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH Heidehofstr. 31, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany +0049-711 46084-0 www.bosch-stiftung.de Authors: Immo Eulenberger (email: [email protected]), in cooperation with Benedikt Kamski, Hannah Longole The copy rights of all text and photos belong to the authors. 2 List of Acronyms ABI Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut for Social-Cultural Research AGEH Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Entwicklungshilfe (Germany) CBO Community based organization CGQ Catalogue of Guiding Questions CIDP County Integrated Development Plan CS Civil Society CUEA Catholic University of Eastern Africa DRYREQCOI Drylands Research & Qualification Consortium Initiative EPRDF Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front GDP Gross Domestic Product GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH GoE Government of Ethiopia GoK Government of Kenya GoU Government of Uganda GoSS Government of South Sudan GTP-I First Growth & Transformation Plan ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross IRID Institute for Regional Integration and Development KDF Karamoja -
1 ABRAHAM, KATHLEEN Memoirs of a Medical Officer in Northern Nigeria 1957-1964 Carnforth: 2QT Ltd, 2010 Viii +248 Pp. ISBN: 97
ABRAHAM, KATHLEEN Memoirs of a Medical Officer in Northern Nigeria 1957-1964 Carnforth: 2QT Ltd, 2010 viii +248 pp. ISBN: 978-190809802-3 (hbk.) ISBN: 978-1-90809-803-0 (pbk.) Reviewed in Overseas Pensioner 2011 101 58-59 (J.G.Harford) NIGERIA MEDICAL ADEBAYO, AUGUSTUS I Am Directed: The Lighter Side of the Civil Service Ibadan: Spectrum Books 1991 iii + 135 pp NIGERIA One Leg One Wing Ibadan: Spectrum Books 2001 134 pp ISBN 978-029140-7 The author was an administrator in the fifties' colonial government; a member of the Nigerian High Commission in London before independence; Permanent Secretary in various ministries in the sixties and seventies; and an academic and government advisor. NIGERIA White Man in Black Skin Ibadan: Spectrum Books 1981 xiii + 125 pp Memoirs of a Nigerian DO, with last 25 pages of reflections on public administration in colonial Nigeria. NIGERIA ADEBO, SIMEON OLA Our Unforgettable Years Lagos: Macmillan, Nigeria 1984 vi + 307 pp ISBN (hardback) 978-132737-5 (paperback) 9 781 32734 0 Adebo (1913-1994) entered Government service as an Administrative Officer cadet in 1942, rising to Assistant Financial Secretary in 1954 and Head of the Civil Service and Chief Secretary in 1961. This is the story of his first 49 years. NIGERIA . Our International Years Ibadan: Spectrum Books 1988 vi + 307 pp ISBN 987-246-025-7 The second half of Adebo’s autobiography describing his time as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1962-1967 and as Executive Director of UNITAR 1968-1972. NIGERIA ADU, A L The Civil Service in Commonwealth Africa: Development and Transition London: George Allen & Unwin 1969 253 pp ISBN (hardback) 04-351-0256 (paperback) 04- 351026-4 Adu, a one-time Head of the Ghana Civil Service, became a Deputy Commonwealth Secretary-General. -
British Policy Towards Kenya, 1960-1980
Durham E-Theses `Kenya is no doubt a special case':British policy towards Kenya, 1960-1980 CULLEN, CATRIONA,POPPY How to cite: CULLEN, CATRIONA,POPPY (2015) `Kenya is no doubt a special case':British policy towards Kenya, 1960-1980, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11180/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 ‘Kenya is no doubt a special case’: British policy towards Kenya, 1960-1980 Poppy Cullen Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History Durham University 2015 Abstract ‘Kenya is no doubt a special case’: British policy towards Kenya, 1960-1980 Poppy Cullen This thesis examines the ways British policy towards Kenya was made from 1960 to 1980 – from the last years of British colonial rule and through the first two decades of Kenya’s existence as an independent state. -
Spring 2018 • May 6, 2018 • 12 P.M
POMP, CIRCUMSTANCE, AND OTHER SONGS OF A LIFETIME POMP, CIRCUMSTANCE, (continued from inside front cover) AND OTHER SONGS OF A LIFETIME —by Professor David Citino, 1947–2005, Late University Poet Laureate I say, rather, the richness of us, were it not for the lullabyes and songs (Originally presented as the 2000 Winter Commencement address) of dear parents, their parents, theirs. of selves that balance this globe Some are here today in the flesh. and enable it to spin true. Grandson Many are not. We mourn them with cadences of peasant immigrants, I was given of our hearts. Think how many people If you’re like me, you’ve got a big head, the opportunity to earn a doctorate sang before us, gave us a name, a voice, not to mention a funny robe, full of music— to do your best. Tennessee Ernie Ford, in English literature from Ohio State— taught us the right words. We must poems and melodies, the tunes “Sixteen Tons”: St. Peter don’t you because my family labored long nights cherish them by remembering every song. we move to, shower and shave by, call me ‘Cause I can’t go. I owe around the kitchen table trying to learn When we sing to others, we honor study, write to. Not just the incidental, my soul to the company store. this arduous English. I sat where our fathers and mothers, thank them but the momentous music keeping time. You have been digging deep in mines you’re sitting twenty-six years ago. for this day of profound scarlet and gray Our histories are measures of song. -
Ilemi Triangle Yesterday and Today
Durham Middle East Papers A BORDER TOO FAR: THE ILEMI TRIANGLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY Philip Winter, O.B.E. Durham Middle East Paper No. 100 SIR WILLIAM LUCE FELLOwsHIP PAPERS Durham Middle East Papers Sir William Luce Publication Series Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Durham University Al-Qasimi Building Elvet Hill Road Durham Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 20 A BORDER TOO FAR: Durham Middle East Papers No. 100 DH1 3TU ISSN 1476-4830 THE ILEMI TRIANGLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY Tel: +44 (0)191 3345680 November 2019 The Durham Middle East Papers series covers all aspects of the economy, politics, social science, history, literature and languages of the Middle East. Authors are invited to submit papers to the Editorial Board for consideration for publication. The Sir William Luce Papers Series is a special edition of the Philip Winter, O.B.E. Durham Middle East Papers. The views expressed in this paper are the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher or IMEIS. All Rights Reserved. This paper cannot be photocopied or reproduced without prior permission. Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 20 © Philip Winter and Durham University, 2019 About The Institute Editorial Board The Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), within the Professor Anoush Ehteshami Dr Colin Turner School of Government & International Affairs, is a Social Science-focused Exofficio member Reader in Islamic Thought in academic institute of excellence, research-led in ethos, with a track-record of Professor of International Relations the School of Government and internationally acclaimed research outputs across all sub-areas of its activity. -
Introduction Chapter I, Anatomizing the Making Of
Notes INTRODUCTION 1. While the Colonial Administrative Service was not established until 1932, the administration cadres of the Colonial Service were identifiabl e from 1895 until the closure of the Colonial Office. Hence the chosen chronology in Chapter S, of 1895-1966. 2. Robert L. Stevenson, 'The Lamplighter',A Child's Gardell a/Verses, 1920. 3. Rumer Godden, Black Narcisms, 1939,223; informal speech by Lord Wavell cited in Philip Woodruff. 17le Gllardians. 1954,360. CHAPTER I, ANATOMIZING THE MAKING OF THE GENERIC D1STRICf OFFICER I. Apart from the lenninalogy of subjective insiders' opinions. an unusual encomium is to be found in the judgement of a top 'home' civ il servant on one of the overseas civil services as 'the fin est body in the world' - l ord Va nsittnrl, Foreword to H. C. Jackson, Suda/l Da),s alld Ways, (954, vii. 2. Philip Mason (pseud. Woodruff), The GI/ardiam, 1954,270. 3. For example, the influential W. Guttsman. The British Political Elite, 1963; T. R. Bottomore, Elites a/l(l Socitty, 1964; and G. Parry, Political Elites, 1969. 4. E.g., P. C. Lloyd, ed .. 17lt Ntw Elites of Tropical Africa, 1966; Jossle}'l1 Hennessy, 'British Education for an Elite in India', in R. Wilkinson, ed., Goveming Elites, 1969; INCIDL Prob/emes des cadres dans Irs pays tropicaw: et SIIbtropiclllLt, 1961. 5. G. M. Trevelyan, English Social History, 1942; F. M. L. Thompson, 7711' Cambridge Social Histo!)' of Britain, 1750-1950, 1990. 6. G. D. H. Cole. Studies ill Class SlnlcUlre, 1955. See also J. H. Goldthorpe et aL, The Aff/uem Worker ill the Class Stmcture, 1969. -
Albert Walter, O.B.E
OCCASIONAL PAPERS ON METEOROLOGICAL HISTORY No.13 ALBERT WALTER, O.B.E. (1877-1972) Meteorologist in the Colonial Service Part II First Director of the British East African Meteorological Service First President, IMO Regional Commission No. I (Africa) Group Captain in the Second World War and advisor on meteorology to the Groundnut Scheme Joan M. Kenworthy Published by The Royal Meteorological Society’s History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography Special Interest Group AUGUST 2014 ISBN: 978-0-948090-36-3 ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 104 OXFORD ROAD – READING – RG1 7LL – UNITED KINGDOM Telephone: +44 (0)118 956 8500 Fax: +44 (0)118 956 8571 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.rmets.org Registered charity number 208222 © Royal Meteorological Society 2014 Albert Walter, O.B.E. (1877 – 1972) Meteorologist in the Colonial Service Part II: First Director of the British East African Meteorological Service First President, IMO Regional Commission No. I (Africa) Group Captain in the Second World War and advisor on meteorology to the Groundnut Scheme Joan M. Kenworthy Contents Page Abbreviations used ............................................................................................................ 3 Maps ................................................................................................................................... 3 Plates .................................................................................................................................. 3 Acknowledgements & author’s note ............................................................................. -
A Border Too Far: the Ilemi Triangle Yesterday and Today
Durham Middle East Papers A BORDER TOO FAR: THE ILEMI TRIANGLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY Philip Winter, O.B.E. Durham Middle East Paper No. 100 SIR WILLIAM LUCE FELLOwsHIP PAPERS Durham Middle East Papers Sir William Luce Publication Series Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Durham University Al-Qasimi Building Elvet Hill Road Durham Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 20 A BORDER TOO FAR: Durham Middle East Papers No. 100 DH1 3TU ISSN 1476-4830 THE ILEMI TRIANGLE YESTERDAY AND TODAY Tel: +44 (0)191 3345680 November 2019 The Durham Middle East Papers series covers all aspects of the economy, politics, social science, history, literature and languages of the Middle East. Authors are invited to submit papers to the Editorial Board for consideration for publication. The Sir William Luce Papers Series is a special edition of the Philip Winter, O.B.E. Durham Middle East Papers. The views expressed in this paper are the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher or IMEIS. All Rights Reserved. This paper cannot be photocopied or reproduced without prior permission. Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 20 © Philip Winter and Durham University, 2019 About The Institute Editorial Board The Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (IMEIS), within the Professor Anoush Ehteshami Dr Colin Turner School of Government & International Affairs, is a Social Science-focused Exofficio member Reader in Islamic Thought in academic institute of excellence, research-led in ethos, with a track-record of Professor of International Relations the School of Government and internationally acclaimed research outputs across all sub-areas of its activity. -
Dissertation Submitted for the Degree of Ph.D
Dissertation submitted for the Degree of Ph.D. in the University of Cambridge STUDIES IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE (1895-1918) By T.H.R. Cashmore Jesus College, CAMBRIDGE November 1965 ii “Studies in district administration in the East Africa Protectorate 1895-1918.” “Imagine this state of affairs on board a ship……The Master is bigger and burlier than any of the crew, but a little deaf and short-sighted and no less deficient in seamanship. The sailors are quarrelling over the control of the helm; each thinks he ought to steer the vessel, though he has never learnt navigation….what is more they assert that navigation is a thing that cannot be taught at all, and are ready to tear to pieces anyone who says it can. Meanwhile, they besiege the master himself, begging him urgently to trust them with the helm…..” (Adeimantus in Plato’s “Republic”) iii iv Foreword Thanks to Hugh Walker, lately of the Kenya administration, who transcribed the text into an electronic format, the Cambridge African Studies Centre is pleased to be able to offer Dick Cashmore’s PhD. dissertation to a new readership—those without access to the Cambridge University Library. Since 1965 the thesis has there been consulted by barely two dozen scholars. It deserves a wider public. Why? There are four good reasons. Cashmore pulls together instructive conflicts in Kenya’s early colonial history that have not received similar connected treatment since. He also tells us more than other authors about the country’s first colonial rulers, their social origins, their assumptions, their practical rules of survival, their failures.