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“Ebook Version” of “Raila’s Stolen Presidency” to be Launched

The Ebook version of the book, ”Raila Odinga’s Stolen Presidency: Consequences and the Future of Kenya” will be launched next week in Stockholm. This means that the book will now be available for immediate download upon purchase while the electronic version will be three times cheaper than the hard copy.

The Author

The development of the “Ebook version” of the book is a direct result of both demand and technological possibilities in the digital age. The Ebook has been developed by “Mapambano Media Works” whose subsidiary, “Mapambano Distributors”, remains a key distributor of the book.

The Ebook will be easily navigable through an interconnection of links while it is presented in a user-friendly interface. No special software will be required to read the book which will be downloaded from a secure server.

A big advantage of the Ebook version is that the book will be readily available for download in Kenya where it has not yet been launched because of unfavorable circumstances. Details about the electronic version of the book will be communicated to the public next week through available Media channels.

In Scandinavia, the distribution of the book has been taken over by leading Swedish book distribution firms including Bokia, Adlibris, Bokus, Bokson, CDON, Bok.nu, Liberians and Bokfynd. The price of the book varies according to Company’s desired profitability. The book can also be ordered through any bookshop in Scandinavia and at designated bookshops around the world.

Among the distribution firms listed, and apart from Mapambano stores, only Bokus takes International orders and delivers to the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland(inc. Åland), France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain (inc. Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Only Mapambano stores delivers the book anywhere in the world and at the cheapest price of 52 US Dollars (including postage by Registered mail). For further details on other Mapambano book offers, visit Mapambano stores.

Libris, the Swedish Library Cataloging system, has listed the book which is now available at both the Kings Library in Stockholm and Stockholm University Library. Contacts continue for the book to be available in Libraries across Sweden.

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April 28, 2009 Posted by makozewe | Events, News & Analysis | 1 Comment

New Public Lecture About Kenya In Uppsala

Violence and Politics in Kenya’s Uncivil Society

David Anderson: The African Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK

The post-electoral violence of January and February 2008 alerted the world to the fragility of Kenya’s transition to multi-party democracy. This lecture will survey the main events in Kenya’s politics since the settlement arbitrated by Kofi Annan, putting in place a ‘grand coalition’ government under Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. It will be demonstrated that this has halted Kenya’s transition to democracy, replacing it with a system of competitive authoritarianism in which the ability to mobilize violence is the key determinant of political participation. The evolution of ‘gang culture’ will be described, including the most recent violence that has seen the police and apparently independent ‘community militias’ mount a systematic assault upon the criminal network known as Mungiki. The lecture will also consider the issues of extrajudicial killings, the rule of law, and the culture of impunity.

Venue: NAI, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala

David Anderson is Professor in African Politics and Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. He researches and writes on the history and politics of eastern Africa. His publications include Histories of the Hanged: Britain’s Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire (2005), and Eroding the Commons (2002). He has recently completed a study of Violence and Politics in Kenya. His current projects include a collection of essays on Ethnic Claims and Moral Economies, to be published in 2010, and a study of the Cold War in Africa, planned for 2011. He is editor of the Journal of Eastern African Studies.

All interested are welcome.

Discussant: Shailja Patel, Kenyan poet, playwright, and political activist, and currently Guest Writer at the Nordic Africa Institute.
Chair: Knut Myhre, Research Fellow,The Nordic Africa Institute

Updates and upcoming events: www.nai.uu.se
Inquiries: Inga-Britt.Faris@nai.uu.se, 018 – 56 22 11, 018 – 56 22 00 (switch board)

April 28, 2009 Posted by makozewe | Events, News & Analysis | Leave a Comment