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

by Denielle Elliott

Book Overview

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-centring the voice of African scientists from the peripheries of storytelling about science, global health research collaborations, national politics, international geopolitical alliances,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138059129
• ISBN13: 9781138059122
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"