[Peace] Fwd: AFRST Weekly Events

[Alfred Kagan]

>>
>>September 22, 2004
>>
>>CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES FALL SPEAKER SERIES
>>NOON - 1 P.M.
>>ROOM 101  INTERNATIONAL STUDIES BUILDING
>>910 S. FIFTH STREET, CHAMPAIGN
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>>"Missionaries of Development or Mercenaries of Globalization: 
>>Retrospection of
>>Western NGOs in Kenya since 1924"
>>
>>  Maurice Amutabi, Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Illinois at U-C.
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>
>  Introduction
>
>This paper examines the role of three Western Non-Governmental 
>Organizations (NGOs) in Kenya's Development history. These NGOs, the 
>Rockefeller Foundation, CARE International and OXFAM, are under 
>scrutiny with regard to their development record n Kenya. The 
>objectives of this paper are several fold. First, is to interrogate 
>these NGOs in Kenya's development history, during the colonial and 
>post-colonial periods as development actors and as agents of 
>globalization. Second, is to dialogue and do discourse with several 
>voices in development narrative, recuperating marginalized voices in 
>writing Kenya's development history. Third, is to situate the Third 
>Sector (NGOs) as useful sites of assessing class, ethnic, regional 
>and gender strife, where battles have been fought, lost or won. 
>Fourth, is to unmask these NGOs, by providing information that can 
>enable one to render an informed verdict on the NGOs' operation in 
>Kenya. This is because one hand NGOs have been accused of spreading 
>imperialism, neo-colonialism, cultural oppression among other ills 
>as mercenaries of globalization, but on the other, they have been 
>praised for doing great work among the poor in Kenya, as 
>missionaries of development. This leads to miasmic representations 
>of the sector, even confusion, or a development cacophony of sorts. 
>Finally, the paper examines the whole question of the rise of NGOs 
>as a movement, the triumph of capitalism and the diminishing role of 
>the government of Kenya, and implications for the future.
>
>The Center for African Studies, UIUC
>to be removed from this list email ecorr at uiuc.edu


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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
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