Word: hauntings
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...Root of Kenya's Chaos As a Kenyan, I was troubled by "The Demons that Still Haunt Africa," which distorted the situation in Kenya, either out of ignorance or in keeping with the Western media's romance with the bleak face of Africa [Jan. 21]. Poverty may predispose people to violence, but the postelection skirmishes in Kenya were not a natural consequence of poverty. Kenyans have been poor but peaceful for decades. Rather, the protests are the language of the weak against a regime that rigged itself into power. The violence is motivated by century-old tribal wounds that...
...death of perhaps hundreds of people clamoring for food in the capital. The country's divisions re-emerged: Muslims vs. non-Muslims; Malay-Indonesians vs. Chinese-Indonesians; secular Muslims vs. orthodox Muslims. The ghosts of the old Indonesia that Suharto thought he had exorcised had returned to haunt the country...
...fell short of reminding readers that the same demons haunt Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas - they arise from the evil in human nature. And Kenya is not Africa's sole "island of stability." You have only to look at my home country, Ghana. Africa has been marginalized in the media except when it comes to bloodshed. Unfortunately, you affect Africa's efforts at development as much by what you choose not to report. William K. Agadzi, Worcester, Massachusetts...
...Kenyan, I was troubled by "The Demons That Still Haunt Africa," which distorted the situation in Kenya either out of ignorance or in keeping with the Western media's romance with the bleak face of Africa [Jan. 21]. The postelection skirmishes in Kenya are not a natural consequence of poverty. Kenyans have been poor but peaceful for decades. Rather, the protests are the language of the weak against a regime that rigged itself into power. Second, tribalism is not the brainchild of Kenya's first President; it started with the imperial British driving wedges between people to facilitate colonization...
...fell short of reminding readers that the same demons haunt Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas?they arise from the evil in human nature. And by the way, Kenya is not Africa's sole "island of stability." You have only to look at my home country, Ghana. Africa has been marginalized in the American media except when it comes to bloodshed. Unfortunately, you affect Africa's efforts toward development as much by what you choose not to report. William K. Agadzi, WORCESTER, MASS...