Peer-Reviewed Article October 27, 2008
Remembering the Destruction of Muoroto: Slum Demolitions, Land and Democratisation in Kenya
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Published in: African Studies
Publisher: Taylor & Francis • South Africa • 0002-0184 • 0256-1751
Abstract
‘Displacement is only a symptom of deeper causes …’ (Francis Deng) Since colonial times, violent urban displacements have been part of politics in Africa. As ‘Operation Sweep up the Rubbish’, the m...