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Dave Muumbi's avatar

JK excellent up-date. I like it. So when are we having tea/coffee for old times sake- New Stanley of 1960s?-DaveM

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John Kamau's avatar

Very soon. Next month

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Kim Njuguna's avatar

Important knowledge for all Kenyans. Our history is sophisticated and quite interesting

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John Kamau's avatar

Especially when we look at those spaces of privilege and how they evolved in independent Kenya

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Mwikali Lati's avatar

As always fun read while learning about the complex Kenyan history

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John Kamau's avatar

Exactly, Kenya has very unique history of settlerism.

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Craig's avatar

Why am I getting this? because I stayed there in the newer one in the late nineteen seventies or was that before it burned down I can not exactly remember. It was still a hangout for freigners particularly those of us NGO's working in Kenya and for me out of Suthern Sudan and HIID that I was connected with.

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John Kamau's avatar

What happened is that there was a smooth transition from a colony to a neocolonial state. Colour was no longer regarded as a state of privilege. It was replaced by elitism.

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