MUTED HISTORIES: SEMINAR EIGHT - MR. DAVID MASIKA

David Neville Masika is a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Nairobi.  He is a PhD candidate in the same university. His research interest is on The Political Economy of Wars. His other area of interest is global issues that affect world peace.

In this presentation, Mr. Masika argues that there is a strong relationship between economics of violence with socially constructed notions of autochthony in forging and contending identities as an important stimulus to Mount Elgon violence. He demonstrates how territorial claims and counterclaims through years are linked to violence in Mt. Elgon and how profiteers emerged in the shadowy spaces of violence.