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Refusing Silence, Rejecting Simplification:Kenyan Activist Philo Ikonya Battles Corruption

Posted on July 27, 2009 by shailja patel — 3 Comments ↓

by Shailja Patel – Kenya – And they asked him: Why do you sing? And he answered, as they seized him: I sing because I sing And they searched his chest But could only find his heart And they searched…

Kenya: Name the Violence Correctly

Posted on February 18, 2008 by shailja patel — 4 Comments ↓

by Shailja Patel – Kenya – A February 7th article in The Economist, “Ethnic Cleansing in Luoland,” dangerously presents the crisis in Kenya as an issue of inter-communal violence. It focuses on the violent attacks on Kikuyu Kenyans in Western…

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