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Interracial bonds! Why can't we just get along?

Interracial marriages! Why can't we just get along?
Lovebirds Sarika Patel (right) and Timothy Khamala.

Samba Mapangala’s track Marina plays to a tired lot of passengers en route to Nakuru Town. “Mzungu mchaina huoana, Japanisi Mwafrika vile vile (Whites and Chinese marry, so do Japanese and Africans)” goes a line.

Some of them are nodding, others humming along, and I cannot help but wonder if the previous day’s news item on KTN is on their minds. It is on mine. May be it is on theirs too, and are listening to the song and agreeing, or disagreeing.

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