{"id":1087,"date":"2023-04-24T10:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/or-colonialism-and-borders\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T10:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:16:49","slug":"or-colonialism-and-borders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/or-colonialism-and-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Station: OR \/ Colonialism and borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Station OR \/ Colonialism and borders<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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In order to control the African population, European colonial powers used borders as instruments of power. However, transnational and mobile realities in the Kenyan borderlands contradict a clear separation of tightly connected local societies. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBehind closed doors: Borders in Africa as colonial legacies\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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The majority of today’s borders between African countries were established during colonial times. The “Congo Conference”, which took place in Berlin in 1885 – more or less behind closed doors and without African interest groups – is considered a key event. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tKipande: A colonial instrument of power\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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In colonial Kenya in the 1920s, it became compulsory for all adult males to wear an identification document in a metal case around their neck. The intention was to restrict the movement of the African population, and to make it easier for the colonial government to collect taxes. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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The effects of colonial borders continue to have an impact. In the course of independence, the majority of the African Union agreed to maintain the colonial borders – above all in order to prevent territorial wars. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLimits of being? Identity in the mirror of society\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Many people deal with the question “Where do I belong?” in their lives. How we locate ourselves in the world is shaped by social categories that often sort themselves through an either\/or logic. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTransnational Identities: Kenya’s border population\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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In total, over 70 different population groups live in Kenya. In colonial times, new political borders suddenly ran right through the middle of many such local communities, which nevertheless remained interconnected. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBorders and mobile societies\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Turkana people on the border between Kenya and South Sudan are considered one of the most mobile societies in the world. Their nomadic, mobile lifestyle emerged as a flexible adaptation strategy to a climatically harsh environment.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Station OR \/ Colonialism and borders In order to control the African population, European colonial powers used borders as instruments of power. However, transnational and mobile realities in the Kenyan borderlands contradict a clear separation of tightly connected local societies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1087","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}