13 -  The Dilemma of an Indigenous Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on Views Expressed by the Ogiek of Kenya

Kenneth O. Nyangena

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No. 05-06 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 5 & 6, 2023 - Special Issue: 16th CODESRIA General Assembly

Issue Published : December 29, 2023

13 - The Dilemma of an Indigenous Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on Views Expressed by the Ogiek of Kenya

Kenneth O. Nyangena

Department of Social Studies, Laikipia University, Kenya

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 05-06 (2023): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 5 & 6, 2023 - Special Issue: 16th CODESRIA General Assembly
Article Published : December 29, 2023

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Kenneth O. Nyangena. (2023). 13 - The Dilemma of an Indigenous Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on Views Expressed by the Ogiek of Kenya. CODESRIA Bulletin, (05-06). Retrieved from https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/codesriabulletin/article/view/5530

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Sang, J.K. et al., 2000, ‘Conflict over Forest Ownership and Other Complexities in Mau Forest Complex’, Paper Presented to International Conference on Conflict Resolution, Peace Building, Sustainable Development and Indigenous Peoples, December 2000, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Voices Must be Heard, Says UN Expert’, UNHCR press release, 13 October. Available online at: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/10/covid-19-indigenous-peoples-voices-must-be- heard-says-un-expert.
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References

Abuso, XX, 1980, XXX

Anderson, XX, 1990, XXX

Babbie, E., 1996, The Practice of Social Research, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.

Blackburn, R.H., 1971, Honey in Okiek Personality, Culture and Society, unpublished PhD thesis, Michigan State University.

Blackburn, R.H., 1974, ‘The Okiek and their history’, Azania, Vol 9, pp. 139–57.

Bogdan, R.C. and Bikien, S.K., 1998, Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods, Boston MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Cohen, L. and Manion, L., 1994, Research Methods in Education, 4th ed., London: Routledge.

Cotacachi, D. and Grigera, A., 2020, ‘Prevention, Containment and Management of COVID-19 Cases in Indigenous Territories’, Social Policies in Response to COVID-19, New York: Inter-American Development Bank. Available online at: https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/viewer/Prevention-Containment-and-Management-of-COVID-19-Cases-in-Indigenous-Territories-Social-Policies-in-Response-to-COVID-19.pdf.

Dundas, K.R., 1908, ‘Notes on the Origin and the History of the Kikuyu and Dorobo Tribes’, Man, Vol. 8, No. 76, pp. 136–9.

Hobley, C.W., 1903, ‘Notes concerning the El’dorobo of Oggiek’, Man, Vol. 3, no. 17, pp. 33– 35.

Huntingford, G.W.B., 1955. ‘The economic life of the Dorobo’, Anthropos, Vol. 50, pp. 602–34. Ndungu, XX, 1989, XXX

Njuguna, P., Mbegera, M. and Mbithi, D., 1999, Reconnaissance Survey of Forests Blocks in the West and East of Rift Valley, Permanent Presidential Commission on Soil Conservation and Afforestation.

Ochieng, XX, 1985, XXX Ogot, XX, 1979, XXX

Parkash, R., 2007, Historical Research in Education, New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers. Parstiany, XX, 1965, XXX

Patton, M.Q., 1990, Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods, London: Sage.

Payne, G. and Payne, J., 2005, Key Concepts in Social Research, London: Sage.

Ronoh, T.K., Barasa, F.S. and Matheka, R.M., 2010, ‘Contextualizing Ogiek’s Indigenous Environmental Education through Oral Literature for Sustainable Conservation of Mau Forest, Kenya’, Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Research, pp. 64–77.

Ronoh, T.K., 2019, XXX Ronoh, T.K., 2020, XXX

Sang, J.K. et al., 1996, ‘Policy Issues and Community Rights with Regards to Ogiek People of Kenya’, Paper Presented to the 5th International Congress on Ethno-biology, Nairobi, Kenya, September 1996.

Sang, J.K. et al., 2000, ‘Conflict over Forest Ownership and Other Complexities in Mau Forest Complex’, Paper Presented to International Conference on Conflict Resolution, Peace Building, Sustainable Development and Indigenous Peoples, December 2000, Metro Manila, Philippines.

UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights), 2020, ‘COVID-19:

Indigenous Peoples’ Voices Must be Heard, Says UN Expert’, UNHCR press release, 13 October. Available online at: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/10/covid-19-indigenous-peoples-voices-must-be- heard-says-un-expert.

Van Zwanenberg, R.M., 1976, ‘Dorobo Hunting and Gathering: A Way of Life or a Mode of Production’, African Economic History, Vol. 2, pp. 12–21.

Yeoman, G.H., 1993, ‘High Altitude Forest Conservation in Relation to Dorobo People’, Kenya Past and Present, Issue 25, pp. 31–5.