Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Saved by words

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(Photo: Astrid Chesney/NY Times)

Simiyu Barasa, a Kenyan filmmaker and writer, said words can make "difference between not being dead or being serious dead" (Kenya's war of words, 12 Feb 2008).

Many of my friends have now resorted to taking crash courses in the dialects of the tribes indicated on their identity cards, "just in case it comes in handy."


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Orphaned in Kenya
Al Jazeera news 12 Feb 2008


(2 min)

"Did they cut your father's neck?" John Cookson, the press, asked

"Yes," Jeremy , a massacre survivor, said.

"And did you see that?"

"Yes."

Some in Kenya need some psychological counselling. They sing a song for Peace, the news reported said.

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