Joel D. Barkan, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Iowa and senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), was an official observer of the disputed December 27th election in Kenya. He is joined by Angela Ogbolu, publisher of Kitu Kizuri, a magazine for African women living in the United States, who talks about the reaction of the Kenyan diaspora community to the violence there.
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Democracy in Africa, you have to be joking!! Stop the nonsensical liberal platitudes, this is a continent beyond repair.
Of 54+ nations, only two have had democratic elections over the last 50 plus years [S.Africa/Botswana]. A continent carved up by colonialists into primarily illogical borders, rife with despotism, corruption racism tribalism and kleptocracy. You will sooner have peace in the Middle East before a country in Africa hands over power after defeat in a fair election....dream on!
Africa (including Kenya) was on my list of possible vacation spots for 2009 -- but no longer. It's going to be India or Greece. I can't imagine any vacationer going into or near Kenya for a long time.
Was Karl Rove visiting Kenya during the elections?
Seriously, how did the results get manipulated?
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