You know when those funny late-night shows have their intrepid reporters hit the streets and ask average people to find a state or country on a map? We all laugh as they typically miss the right location by, like, a lot. But let’s face it: Most of us would likely instantly fail our middle-school geography test these days. Today, we’re talking about Kenya, a country situated on the equator on Africa’s East Coast. Its history is centuries old and Kenya is the source of some of the evidence of our earliest ancestors. While Kenya won independence from Britain in the 1960s and is ethnically diverse, its 48.5 million citizens still face a variety of notable challenges each and every day.


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You know when those funny late-night shows have their intrepid reporters hit the streets and ask average people to find a state or country on a map? We all laugh as they typically miss the right location by, like, a lot. But let’s face it: Most of us would likely instantly fail our middle-school geography test these days. Today, we’re talking about Kenya, a country situated on the equator on Africa’s East Coast. Its history is centuries old and Kenya is the source of some of the evidence of our earliest ancestors. While Kenya won independence from Britain in the 1960s and is ethnically diverse, its 48.5 million citizens still face a variety of notable challenges each and every day.

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