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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents:Rehabilitating ‘Traditi
 on’ in Soil Conservation: The Failure of Colonial Efforts in Western Kenya
 Soil conservation programs that were mooted by colonial states in rural Af
 rica were invasive to the environment as much as they also undermined the 
 propensity of African households to pursue voluntary choices in land manag
 ement practices. The intensity of rural apathy towards these programs conf
 irmed the tenuous nature of colonialism so much that for the British colon
 ial government in Kenya\, the solution seemed to reside in reviving the in
 digenous authorities in the hope of achieving community consensus towards 
 its conservation program in the western part of the territory in the 1940s
  and 1950s. This solution proved elusive. I argue that the reasons for thi
 s failure were varied but related\, chief of which was the contradictory p
 erception of the nature and role of African indigenous authorities by colo
 nial officials in western Kenya.Martin S. Shanguhyia Assistant Professor\,
  History Department at Syracuse University Lunch will be servedApril 5\, 2
 01312:30 pm – 2:00 pm341 Eggers Hall
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union presents: Martin S. Shanguhyia
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents:<br>Re
 habilitating ‘Tradition’ in Soil Conservation: <br>The Failure of Colonial
  Efforts in Western Kenya<br><br>Soil conservation programs that were moot
 ed by colonial states in rural Africa were invasive to the environment as 
 much as they also undermined the propensity of African households to pursu
 e voluntary choices in land management practices. The intensity of rural a
 pathy towards these programs confirmed the tenuous nature of colonialism s
 o much that for the British colonial government in Kenya\, the solution se
 emed to reside in reviving the indigenous authorities in the hope of achie
 ving community consensus towards its conservation program in the western p
 art of the territory in the 1940s and 1950s. This solution proved elusive.
  I argue that the reasons for this failure were varied but related\, chief
  of which was the contradictory perception of the nature and role of Afric
 an indigenous authorities by colonial officials in western Kenya.<br><br>M
 artin S. Shanguhyia <br>Assistant Professor\, History Department at Syracu
 se University <br><br>Lunch will be served<br><br>April 5\, 2013<br>12:30 
 pm – 2:00 pm<br>341 Eggers Hall
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