16 août 2006
Stand up before the movie
I went to the movies for the first time since I got here the other day. Before that I never had the time or the energy to look up the screening times in the newspaper (there’re not on the internet) and then to drive for maybe half an hour to get to the mall where the film is playing. But apart from these downsides, movie theatres are nice and new here, very much like American theatres, and they show all the recent movies.
Anyway, I was enjoying the preview when all of a sudden the Kenyan flag appeared on the screen and the national anthem started playing. Everybody stood up. I had to stood up too or face the risk to be thrown out.
Kenya is not an authoritarian regime and I still can’t figure out exactly what purpose this fake demonstration of patriotism is supposed to serve.
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Great blog !
Hello Marie,
Nous étions ensemble à Sciences-Po en 1e A (il y a longtemps longtemps donc) et je tombe à l'instant sur ton blog... Toujours marrant de voir les chemins fort différents où peut nous mener la rue saint-guillaume !
En tout cas félicitations, ce blog croustille d'infos passionnantes - surtout pour une néophyte de l'Afrique comme moi. Chapeau bas =)
Merci!
Comment es-tu tombee sur mon blog au fait? Et toi tu fais quoi maintenant? Tu peux m'ecrire a marie.lora@gmail.com.
