Fwd: CFP: Call for Book Chapters (Kenya at Fifty)

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From: Michael Kithinji <mkit...@uca.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:44 AM
Subject: Call for Book Chapters (Kenya at Fifty)

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CALL
FOR BOOK CHAPTERS  BY THE KENYA SCHOLARS
AND STUDIES ASSOCIATION (KESSA)





Kenya at Fifty: Milestones, Challenges, and
Prospects


 Editors:


Michael Mwenda Kithinji, Ph.D., Mickie Mwanzia
Koster, Ph.D., Jerono Phylis Rotich, Ph.D.

As
Kenya marks fifty years of self-rule and independence, it is an
opportune
moment to evaluate the key milestones in the nation¹s postcolonial
experience
and also to reflect on the future prospects. Kenya¹s postcolonial
experience is
a mixed bag of momentous feats but also several missteps that on
occasion have
severely strained the national fabric. Significantly, the country has
distinguished itself as the hub for commerce and industry in East and
Central
Africa, and has mostly avoided destructive civil strife. Further, the
new
constitution promulgated in 2010 has been a source of confidence and
optimism
for a better future. Nevertheless, Kenya is confronted with many
challenges the
most significant being the inability to generate enough jobs for its
youth,
severe ethnic differences largely nurtured by the political class, and
widespread corruption. As Kenya celebrates its Golden Jubilee, several
critical
questions will preoccupy the minds of curious observers: 1) What
precisely has
Kenya achieved in half a century of independence? 2) What challenges has
the
nation faced in the last 50 years, and what lessons can be learned from
these
experiences going forward? 3) What will the next 50 years look like?
These and
other questions will be explored in the proposed book, Kenya at Fifty:
Milestones, Challenges, and Prospects. We are
therefore soliciting for chapter submissions from a variety of
perspectives and
disciplines that will shed light on the journey that Kenya has travelled
as a
nation for the last 50 years, the challenges of this experience, and the
future
prospects. Submitted chapters must not be previously published or under
review
for publication elsewhere.




Interested
contributors may send a 200-word abstract for consideration to Dr.
Mickie
Mwanzia Koster at mic...@mwanzia.com, no later than November 30, 2013.
Submissions should include the abstract of the proposed chapter and
50­word
biography, email, institutional addresses and contact numbers of the
author(s).


Suggested topics include but are not limited to the
following:


History,
Politics and GovernanceConstitution
ImplementationEconomics/
Business/Global Capital Law
Education
HealthReligion
Science
& Technology Gender,
Women and YouthPovertyGlobalization
Culture,
Music, Language, Sports Environment
Agriculture
and Climate Change Security
and TerrorismTransportation
Urbanization
and Housing Foreign
Policy IndustryKenyan
Diaspora





EDITORS


Dr.
Michael Mwenda Kithinji


Assistant
Professor


Department
of History


University
of Central Arkansas


mkit...@uca.edu


Office:
501-450-5650





Dr.
Mickie Mwanzia Koster


Assistant
Professor


Department
of History


University
of Texas-Tyler


mic...@mwanzia.com


Office:
903-566-5666



Dr.
Jerono Phylis Rotich


Associate
Professor


Department
of Human Performance & Services, School of Education


North
Carolina A & T State University


jpro...@ncat.edu


Office:
336-334-7712













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