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The News from Kenya: 1. Will this forced marriage be ‘’til death set us part’? 2. The global food crisis and Kenyan farmers.

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June 11th 2008
Visiting a show of Kenyan dances, the Bomas of Nairobi, I realized how deep the recent crisis had hit the tourist industry here: when the showcase of the 49 Kenyan tribes started, the auditorium, with capacity probably for 1,000 spectators, had exactly…two. A blonde British girl and yours truly. Weeks before traveling, I saw a BBC report on how reservations for safaris in Nairobi, the safari c ... read more

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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