Give Them Houses!

WORK IN PROGRESS - PLEASE IGNORE FOR NOW!!
Africa, and not only Kenya, has to cope with a beast of a burden [change this expression] created by colonialism. This burden is the ‘unnatural’ make up of the continent’s geo-political structure. Save for Ethiopia (and by extension Eritrea) and perhaps the North African nations, Africa’s current geo-political structure looks nothing like it should actually should. Kingdoms and nations that once thrived as independent states have now being lumped together in what we now call 'indpendent republics.' Take the 'independent' African nation that is now known as Kenya for instance; before colonization, the surface area now occupied by this creation of the British colonialists had over 40 different indpendent kingdoms, nations and states. Looking at this fact from a different perspective; had the Brits not colonized this land mass, Kikuyu's and Kalenjin's wouldn't find themselves in one nation. So would Luo's and Kamba's! I could go on about how colonization messed up the Africa's natural geo-political structure, but so would the nations conquered by the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, Persians, Mongols and Zulus. In short, history is unapologetic when it comes to disrupting 'natural' geo-political set ups of weaker (or conquered) states. Never-the-less, western nations shouldn't make too much of a fuss about the turmoil in Africa, primarily because they are a major cause. Look at it this way; had African powers (say Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa) colonized Europe and lumped Britain, France and Germany into one state - call it Kwasaxonia...would Kwasaxonia be a peaceful European state? I think a famous century-long conflict and two world wars answer that question. In fact, this is an entirely different topic that requires a book! My reason for writing this piece was to give my two cent's on the land issue in Kenya, and the continent in general. To be able to solve this problem, we should first understand its genesis...[the title of story should change]