Lecture exploring a major financial fraud scandal in Kenya and its implications for the country's political economy.
Date
Tuesday 3 November
16:15 – 18:00
Venue
Andreasstrasse 15
Andreasstrasse 15, Zürich
Price
Price on organiser’s site
Language
English
No German needed
A lecture by Peter Lockwood (University of Göttingen) examining a major fraud case at Ekeza, a Kenyan savings cooperative where over 50,000 members lost their savings. The speaker analyses this incident as a window into Kenya's contemporary political economy, exploring how middle-class aspirations for homeownership are exploited by predatory elites. The talk traces victims' struggles for justice and considers what the scandal reveals about the country's broader system of patronage and power. Delivered in English.
Organiser · ISEK - Ethnologie
Andreasstrasse 15
Tue 3 Nov · 16:15
Price: see website