Monday, February 25, 2008
A Letter to Njeri – a Kenyan Sister Who Received Death Threats After the Election
by Philo Ikonya
Dear Njeri,
Tonight, I am unable to sleep. You see, my country - our country - is on fire. It is almost the end of February: is it the end of Kenya as we knew it? Kenya beloved and full of potential. Kenya our country. I have only heard one positive report from the BBC ever since the year began and I am not surprised; what positive things can one say at the moment? That children are not dying? They are. That many people are not being killed? They are. That our mothers are not being raped and little girls defiled? They are. That you have and are not the only one to receive death threats? You have. That houses are not burning? They are. That we have not fought these things all along? We have.
http://www.thewip.net/contributors/2008/02/a_letter_to_njeri_a_kenyan_sis.html