Saturday, February 15, 2014

Kenyan Olympians in Beijing

It has been ten centuries since Kenyans -- that is, since people from what is now Kenya -- caused as much stir and buzz in Beijing as they did this August. Eleven centuries, that is, if we forget for a moment the emotionally charged visit to Beijing by that Kenyan girl from the coast a few years ago.


As Philip Ochieng tells us, Kenyans have a long-standing connection with the Olympics. This connection...




Note: This is an old, incomplete draft on my blog, just now revisited, and published as is.

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