Professor Justin Willis' Outputs (4)

Chieftaincy (2013)
Book Chapter
Willis, J. (2013). Chieftaincy. In J. Parker, & R. Reid (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History (208-23). OUP

Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, J., & Chome, N. (2014). Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 8(1), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2013.844443

At the coast, the run-up to Kenya's 2013 elections was dominated by fears of violence and the calls for a boycott by the secessionist Mombasa Republican Council. However, the elections passed off largely peacefully, and coastal turnout was significan... Read More about Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections.

Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980 (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, J., & Gona, G. (2013). Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 55(2), 448-473. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417513000091

The apparent mobilizing power of ethnic sentiment in recent African history has been the subject of vigorous debate. Studies that emphasize the centrality of colonialism and the instrumental use of ethnicity have been criticized by a scholarship argu... Read More about Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980.

Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, J., & Gona, G. (2013). Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya. African Affairs, 112(446), 48-71. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/ads064

Following the elections of 2007, there was a significant increase in public expressions of secessionist feeling on the Kenya coast. During 2010 and 2011, one manifestation of this was the emergence of the Mombasa Republic Council (MRC), which demands... Read More about Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya.