The Segregation of Kenya |
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| The Segregation of Kenya - Following a flawed election, and a wave of ethnic and political violence, Kenya, once one of Africa's most promising nations, is resegregating itself. Members of ethnic groups, like these Luos, left, waited for transportation to their ancestral homes. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - A woman from another ethnic group, the Kikuyus, searches through the rubble of a building destroyed during an overnight attack. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - PermalinkIn Othaya, at Mama Mwangi's house, people prayed, and wondered what to do about fellow members of the Kikuyu, who are flooding into their crowded ancestral home. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - "We came here with nothing, like cabbages thrown on the back of a truck," said William Ojiambo, a member of the Luo ethnic group who was driven out by Kikuyu gangs. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - Displaced women of the Kikuyu ethnic group cooked a meal. They have been forced back to their ancestral home. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - In the crowded Mwangi house, a Kikuyu woman and her children sleep in one room, along with another adult and six children. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - A Luo family's belongings on the side of a road. The family has been driven away by their own ethnic group, who consider them newcomers competing for scarce work. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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| The Segregation of Kenya - A "shopping center" in Othaya. Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times | ||||||||||
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