Bob Collymore Memorial Reveals the Toxic Neo-liberal state that Kenya is
Expressing
how unbelievable it is for a black man to be as successful (as corporate head),
Mr. Michael Joseph decided, albeit humorously, to tell the congregation at All
Saints Cathedral that the late Bob Collymore was “a white man in a black body.”
For him, ordinary black men don’t just achieve such, there must be some
whiteness in them because success is properly only limited to and attributable
to white people. Things such as this, plus talk of some finest whisky for some
special people, and the shitty “boys club” etc made Collymore’s funeral an
annoyingly toxic space that revealed the rot that is Kenya characterised by
dangerous neo-liberalism, sexism, classism and racism. If these things don't
annoy you, consider yourself a problem to be solved
Bob Collymore Memorial Reveals the Toxic Neo-liberal state that Kenya is
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
on
July 05, 2019
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