“Ambiguous citizens”: Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging

@article{Scharrer2018AmbiguousCK,
  title={“Ambiguous citizens”: Kenyan Somalis and the question of belonging},
  author={Tabea Scharrer},
  journal={Journal of Eastern African Studies},
  year={2018},
  volume={12},
  pages={494 - 513}
}
  • Tabea Scharrer
  • Published 16 June 2018
  • Sociology
  • Journal of Eastern African Studies
ABSTRACT This paper deals with the way a “politics of belonging” has been enacted in recent years in Kenya, and what this means for the Somali population of the country. Even though Kenyan Somalis have been treated as “ambiguous citizens” since independence, the question for many of them is not so much if they belong to Kenya, but rather how. In the multi-ethnic state of Kenya, there are other groups as well who are “ambiguous citizens” – including Asians, Whites, Nubians and Arabs – for whom… 
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