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lunedì, gennaio 21, 2008
Il machete/2. Un elemento centrale in ogni operazione di pulizia etnica è la premeditazione. Se le violenze hanno bisogno di un evento scatenante per prodursi, esso alla fine rappresenta soltanto il pretesto per attuare un programma di annientamento dell'avversario elaborato in precedenza. La lettura delle violenze etniche come fenomeni spontanei è quasi sempre fuorviante perché ancora una volta sottovaluta il ruolo dell'ideologia, vero motore dei deliri di purezza e di superiorità antropologica. Il Kenya non fa eccezione, come spiega Jeffrey Gettleman in questo imperdibile reportage:
Leaflets calling for ethnic killings mysteriously appeared before the voting. Politicians with both the government and opposition parties gave speeches that stoked long-standing hatred among ethnic groups. And local tribal chiefs held meetings to plot attacks on rivals, according to some of them and their followers. As soon as the election results were announced, handing a suspiciously thin margin of victory to Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki — whose policies of favoring his own ethnic group have marginalized about half the country — all the elements lined up for the violence to explode. Although the authorities have not produced any evidence directly linking top politicians to violence, human rights groups documented speeches by political leaders assailing certain ethnic groups in the run-up to the election. William Ruto, a charismatic opposition leader and Kalenjin chief, was quoted talking about Kikuyu domination. Kikuyu politicians, meanwhile, made disparaging remarks about Luos and about how Mr. Odinga, a Luo, was not fit to rule because he is uncircumcised. At the same time, fliers appeared in several towns in the Rift Valley telling Kikuyus to leave. “Warning! Warning! Warning!” read one flier. “Anyone who does not obey will die. |
A Fabio.
A Luisa.   
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