Summary
If in Kenya the overall dispute centred on who had won the December elections, the violence that swept the Rift Valley, creating most of the internally displaced, was about land, with Kalenjins who had spent decades resenting the presence of Kikuyus settled there by Jomo Kenyatta torching their enviable farms. In Zimbabwe, runaway inflation has rendered bank accounts worthless, while in Kenya the spectacular collapse of a series of "political banks" in the 1990s taught the locals that their money was safer stashed under the mattress.
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Why It's All About Land
It is rare for African societies to show much interest in their neighbours' affairs. Language differences and cultural perspectives rooted in the colonial era usually make the citizens of one African state feel they have more in common with event...
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