kenya The people and the culture

Question•What are your perceptions of Kenya?

• In this presentation you will learn about Kenya and compare what you learn to how the Media portrays the country.

Republic of Kenya

• INDEPENDENCE

• PRESIDENT

• CAPITAL city

• Area

• Population • Currency

• People

• Education

• POLITICS

MEDIA PORTRAYAL

KENYA, the people and the culture

• People

• Education

• POLITICS

• World record-holder Paul Tergat taking the tape at the ING New York City Marathon 2005 men's champion.

SAFARISAFARI

Where all the sun and fun is, for a holiday of a lifetime. They are over 50 elegant, and luxurious Kenya beach hotels in the north and south coast of Mombasa Island.

Kenya Beach Hotels at the coast in Mombasa Island.

…Hakuna Matata!

The national language is Swahili (KiSwahili) although English is spoken throughout Kenya.

In total there are 42 ethnic languages and 70 tribal groups among the Africans in Kenya

Write three things you learned!

Now, Have your perceptions changed?

INDEPENDENCE

December, 12th 1963

PRESIDENT

Mwai Kibaki

CAPITAL

Nairobi

AREA

582,650 km2

569,25 km2 land13,400 km2 water

28,808,658 (estimated July 1999)

POPULATION

CURRENCYKenyan Shilling

(KSh)

MEDIA PORTRAYAL

• Because of generous grants from the U.S.

Government, your gift will multiply 15 times in impact to provide beans, maize, oil, and other lifesaving food for hungry children and families.

People

Education

Students learning under a tree in Kibera.

MEDIA PORTRAYAL

MEDIA PORTRAYAL

Ethnic clashes More than 100 people have been killed in renewed violence perpetrated under the cover of long-simmering ethnic animosities.

Politics

The Maasai people of East Africa live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania along the Great Rift Valley on semi-arid and arid lands.

People- CULTURE

“A unique and remarkable institution of higher learning.  Our concept, experienced by thousands of successful alumni around the globe, is simple: gather students from diverse cultures at a university located in beautiful surroundings and challenge them to learn. ” www.usiu.ac.ke

Education

POLITICS

• Peaceful transition• Multi party system