The violence that followed the 2007 presidential elections in Kenya came as a surprise both to Kenyans as well as the international community. This was in part a contrast to the popularly held view of Kenya as a model of stability in the turbulent Eastern African region. The post-election violence challenged the conceited view of the international community that Kenya was not "a country to worry about" - but a society with historic deeply rooted ethnic animosities. This book traces the ethnicity problem from the independence struggle to how it manifests in contemporary society. The book...