Houses Demolished

Are You Poor?

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January 27th 2007
"What the hell is that?!" I asked the other bewildered dorm-dwellers. A disturbing, crushing sound tore through the night air right as I was drifting off to sleep. It was the sound of metal being ripped apart. Then a crowd cheers. Or wait, were they cries? What we discovered soon enough was that a whole neighborhood just behind us was being razed to the ground by bulldozers. The in ... 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