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It’s tribe, stupid! The lessons Africa is taking to US politics

We got inured to permanent campaigns in 1992. [File, Standard]

David Remnick writes in the November 21 issue of The New Yorker that Americans are finally resigned to a permanent campaign. It is a rude welcome to Kenya, for the foremost global democracy. Traditionally, American democracy has been about how the country is ruled and access to opportunities.

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