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gathara

29 Oct, 6 tweets, 2 min read

Question: KE media loves to use the term "ultra-modern" but what does it actually mean?
the-star.co.ke/news/2021-10-2…

@OrutaBrian

According to the piece, Bomas will be "modernised" into an "ultra-modern" "modern MICE facility" while helping "Kenyan youth to appreciate African culture as much as they appreciate modernity".
See the fetishization of "modernity" as the opposite of "African culture"? @OrutaBrian

"African culture" is a curious colonial invention that is always a negation of "modern". "Africans" are denizens of the past, not the present, always needing to be "modernized" and aspiring for the "ultra-modern". Sound familiar? "Modernization" is today's "civilising mission".

On "African culture" and other short stories:

https://twitter.com/gathara/status/1409261708586237960?t=x9gAO76GCWH6IXgk4WMrdg&s=19

Here's another example of KE media's presentation of "ultra-modern" as an upgrade of "African culture".
standardmedia.co.ke/amp/counties/a…

Want to have some fun? Try searching "ultra-modern Kenya" on this app. You may be surprised at the sheer number of "ultra-modern" facilities Kenya is apparently constantly building.

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