Reimagining Science and Statecraft in Postcolonial Kenya: Stories from an African Scientist

ISBN-13: 9780367665784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Denielle Elliott

Opis

This book examines the development of medical sciences in postcolonial Kenya, through the adventures and stories of the controversial Kalenjin scientist Davy Kiprotich Koech. As a collaborative life story project, it privileges African voices and retellings, re-centering the voice of African scientists from the peripheries of storytelling.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations

Preface

The Art of Storytelling / Stories of Science: An introduction

1. Daudi











2. Colonial Administration











3. Soliat Primary School











4. Growing up During Independence











5. Hospitalization











6. Student Life and Education Reforms











7. Kericho Tea Hotel











8. On Becoming a Scientist











9. Siberia











10. HLA tissue-typing and kidney transplants in Kenya











11. Science and Technology Amendment Act











12. Daniel arap Moi











13. National Politics











14. The Kenya Medical Research Institute











15. Japan











16. Division of Vector Borne Diseases











17. Wellcome Trust











18. Walter Reed Project / US Army Research Unit











19. The US Embassy and the CDC











20. The KEMRON Trial











21. Saba Saba and the KEMRON Results











22. Kinshasa and Racial Politics











23. A Son’s Death











24. Collaborative agreements and fiscal irregularities











25. The Accusations











26. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission











27. The Arrest











28. Corporate executive











29. Faith

Epilogue by Davy Kiprotich Koech

O autorze

Denielle Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Social Science and Anthropology at York University in Toronto, Canada with cross-appointments in the graduate programs of International Development Studies, and Science, Technology and Studies. She is a founder and co-curator of the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography, and writes on questions relating to social suffering, colonialism, morality, and the politics of medicine.