Fighting war and waging peace

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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Rye Barcott about his memoir, “It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace.” Barcott was a Marine captain in Iraq, but he learned more about ethnic violence and how to prevent it when he moved into one of the biggest slums in Africa, called Kibera.
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Kenya film Togetherness Supreme

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Kenyans went to the polls Wednesday to vote on a draft constitution. The new constitution was introduced in the wake of violence which followed the disputed elections in 2007. One of the flashpoints for the violence in 2007 was the massive shantytown of Kibera. Now a new film tells the story of the post-election violence through the eyes of those who witnessed it. The World’s Andrea Crossan has the story. Download MP3

Andrea Crossan’s report was funded in part by a fellowship from the International Reporting Project.

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Kenyan graffiti artist Solo 7

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Artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7, lives in Kibera, which is part of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Kibera happens to be Africa’s largest slum. In early 2008, Muyundo, like many in Kenya, took to the streets during Kenya’s post-election violence. In protest of the widespread looting and killings, he painted slogans of peace in almost every corner of Kibera. >>>Click here to see a large version of the collage.

Reporter’s Journal: Snapshots of Kenya, Part V

The World’s Andrea Crossan recently met up with Kenyan artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7. Muyundo is famous in his native Kibera, a huge slum in Nairobi. He’s a graffiti artist known for painting political slogans of peace all over the massive shantytown. “Peace Wanted Alive” is his most well-known slogan. Andrea caught up with Solo 7, and sent in this reporter’s journal entry.

Kibera’s Pamoja FM radio

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The World’s Andrea Crossan profiles a community radio station that broadcasts to the youth of Kibera the biggest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The radio station has been trying to promote peace and cooperation, following ethnic and political violence in Kenya last year. >>>Click here to read Andrea’s “Snapshots of Kenya” journal entries.

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The World’s Andrea Crossan profiles a community radio station that broadcasts to the youth of Kibera — the biggest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The radio station has been trying to promote peace and cooperation, following ethnic and political violence in Kenya last year.