Kiprop Lagat

I.Lagat@uea.ac.uk

Research Student

Education

2005. MA (Research), University of East Anglia

2003. Postgraduate Diploma in the Care and Management of Heritage & Museum Collections, University of Nairobi (Kenya)

1994. BA (Anthropology), University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Research Interests

Cultural anthropology, memory studies, museology, East African pastoral landscapes, and contemporary art.

PhD Thesis

My current thesis working title is “The Nairobi Memorial Park as a Site of Memory” which focuses on the 1998, Nairobi US embassy bombing. I want to understand issues behind its development, its functioning and how it inheres memories that are personal and collective and its contribution in matters of identity, healing and social cohesion.

Aerial view showing the location of the US embassy before the bombing

Aerial view showing the location of the US embassy (building next to the tall one on the left before the roundabout) before the bombing

Memorial fountain and wall with the names of the victims inscribed