Makau Mutua

Snapshot
Joel D. Barkan and Makau Mutua

Since a disputed election in 2007, Kenya has been plagued by social unrest and political instability. Last week, voters approved a new constitution -- a hopeful sign that the country is heading toward political reconciliation and economic development.

Capsule Review
Mar/Apr
2009
Nicolas van de Walle

The ethnic violence that disrupted the 2007 elections in Kenya is well analyzed in this account of that country's recent democratization and constitutional debates by Mutua, a prominent Kenyan legal scholar.