'Reordering and Counterordering': Forestry Preservation, Bush Clearing and the Sociophysical Mapping of Chepalungu, Kericho District, Kenya, 1930-1963.

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      Kenya; Africa; United Kingdom
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses colonial policies of forestry preservation and bush cleaning in Chepalungu in the Kericho District of Kenya, focusing on the period 1930 to 1963. It examines fears concerning tsetse flies and animal trypanosomiasis in the white settler area of Sotik. The author comments on colonial policies as a means of social control and racial and ethnic segregation. He considers tensions and conflicts between the Kipsigis, the Masai, colonial officials, and white settlers. Other topics include colonial efforts to encourage the Kipsigis to adopt farming, the construction of fences, and zoologist E. Aneurin Lewis.