Abstract
AbstractThis article explores colonial development policy on the margins of British East Africa. It argues that much like current development practice in the region, increased colonial interventionism in the years after 1940 was motivated by security interests as well as environmental and economic considerations. Rural interventions were used as a mechanism to ‘rein in’ what were perceived to be subversive populations, as well as contain potential security threats. The article therefore throws new light on the nature of colonial rural development, as well as the connections between past and present development practice.
Highlights
This article explores colonial development policy on the margins of British East Africa
Rural interventions were used as a mechanism to ‘rein in’ what were perceived to be subversive populations, as well as contain potential security threats
This article examines the colonial history of securitized development on the margins of British East Africa, in what is the North Eastern Province of Kenya (NEP)
Summary
Somalia, northeastern Africa, Eastern Africa, colonial policy, development, environment, pastoralism, violence. This article examines the colonial history of securitized development on the margins of British East Africa, in what is the North Eastern Province of Kenya (NEP). NEP formed the eastern half of what was known as the Northern Frontier District (NFD). This region was an archetypical ‘imperial frontier’: an example of the remote and barren spaces that existed along the edges of European empires. A number of other regimes in eastern Africa have adopted militarized practices (including using the military to capture ‘ungoverned’ spaces and repress internal dissent), in the name of state-led development. The historical longevity of the connections between development and security reflects broader links that have been drawn between colonial and modern development thought and practice
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