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Kenya’s Political History of Turmoil

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Posted by: News Desk on January 15, 2008 Under: Discussion Lounge, Editor's Pick, Kenya



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Protesters run away from tear gas in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008. Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons Thursday to beat back surging crowds of Kenyan protesters heeding an opposition call for a “million-man” rally that many fear could worsen the violence that has already killed 300 people and displaced 100,000. (Photo: AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Scoutbanana dissects the ongoing political crisis in Kenya in a community blog post titled ” Kenya’s political history of turmoil”. Excerpt:

If it happens in Africa it must just be the primal instinct based in tribalism. The mass media has been covering the situation in Kenya as a near exclusive tribal and ethnic conflict without accounting for the history of Kenya’s political turmoil and where ethnicity is put into a colonial context. The crisis in Kenya is not solely ethnic and tribal. It is a crisis based on democracy and fueled by past divisions created by British colonial rule.

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  1. Bobby | Jan 16, 2008 | Reply

    Its just the second part of the divide & conquer tandem taking effect. If the imperialists cannot forcefully rule they will rule through democratically “elected” surrogates.

    http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/49079

    We, the people of the Greater Horn of Africa, are all slaves of the same chain

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