Kenya in Motion 2000–2020

This edited volume offers a broad understanding and particular visions of Kenya in the first quarter of the twenty-first century. By bringing together rigorous yet accessible contributions, it shows how, since the 2002 transition, Kenya has been striving for change through economic modernisation anc political liberalisation. The planned transformations are coming to fruition. even if the legacies of the past and political habits are slowing down the process. The various chapters take us from developmental capitalism to extreme poverty and enduring inequalities, from reforms on paper to mixec results in multiple sectors: decentralised governance, natural resources, land and education. They also explore Kenya's ancient and colonial history and the diversity of its population. Thus, the book helps understand contemporary political, religious and community cleavages, the asymmetries between towns and the countryside, between Nairobi and the coast, in a country open to the world, as much through trade and finance as through art networks With contributions by: Patrick Abungu, Michel Adam, Marie Pierre Ballarin, Bernard Calas, Hélène Charton, Clélia Coret, Francesca Di Matteo, Yvan Droz, Yonatan N. Gez, Chloé Josse-Durand, Danielle de Lame, Jean-Baptiste Lanne, Olivier Marcel, Hervé Maupeu, Hassan Mwakimako, Anne-Marie Peatrik, Adeline Pelletier, Olivier Provini, Sylvain Racaud, Gaële Rouillé-Kielo, Christian Thibon and Justin Willis.