Kenya's Nubians strive for recognition

Ethnic Nubians have called Kenya home for generations.

But the minority group, which first migrated from the Nuba mountains of neighbouring Sudan in the 19th century and now live in one of Africa's largest slums, say they face constant discrimination and injustice in Kenya.

The Nubians blame the Kenyan government for widespread land grabs and denying them access to national identities, which are required to obtain any job legally.




However, Otieno Kajwang, Kenya's immigration minister, told Al Jazeera that a new law has been put in place to rectify the discrimination.

"It's a frame of mind which treated them as foreigners and it has persisted until it is corrected by this law. It is a mistake that was made. It's a right they have to land, they were there before everybody else," he said.

Catherine Soi reports from Kibera province in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.

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[nem700]

@Knaanology

yes. unity is what we need.

[WinkyMaeve]

@extrapressure LOL.

dude, do you know who Qaboos bin Said is ?

or the former Kuwait Prime Minister?

or Anwer Al Sadat?

BLACK ARABS.

if they were hated for being black arabic how did they get so much power?

[extrapressure]

@WinkyMaeve so why do they always call black people slave and son of a slave? but whatever, believe whatever you want, no matter how many facts i throw at you, you won't believe.

[WinkyMaeve]

@extrapressure you are fucking crazy kid.

slavery was practiced inside africa and inside the middle east seperately for thousands of years before traders did business cross continent.

[extrapressure]

@WinkyMaeve so don't call them black people. if they want to identify with the people who enslaved them and took their women, land and most of their culture from them then call them arabs, don't call them black. it's just like those south africans who regard themselves as coloured and get offended if you call them black. self hatred is such a pitiful thing.

[jradetzky]

fuck niggers

[WinkyMaeve]

@extrapressure they are arabized, so ?

[extrapressure]

@WinkyMaeve somalis and nubians who identify with arabs hate black people. so they will feel insulted if you call them the original black people. hate mongering is not the answer to solving situations like these.

[extrapressure]

@EntBlog90210 yeah i get where you're coming from, but they don't have to be forced to live in slums like that. their children shouldn't be punished for the sins of past generations

[WinkyMaeve]

fuck kenya and fuck racist ass kenyans.

somalis/nubians are the original black people.