Matthew

Kenya & Obama

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February 25th 2009
I have just spent the last two weeks plus in Kenya. I have just spent the last six days of that time riding in the back of a Toyota Land Cruiser (aka ambulance) with a black man with whom I have laughed, cried, told jokes, prayed, and discussed politics. He is a camel herder who lives 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) from an 800-person Samburu village which is in turn a three hour drive from the nearest ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more