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Kenya is an African country with vast mountains and beautiful landscapes. It is a diverse collection of coastal waters, sanbanks, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, and deserts. This land is home to an amazing diversity of wild plants and animals such as hippos, cheetahs. , hyenas, snakes, rhinos, lions and leopards.
There are more than 65 national parks and wildlife reserves. Each area has a different wildlife. Twenty hectares of rainforest contain more species of birds than all of Europe. Much of Kenya’s native flora is found nowhere else in the world.
Furthermore, the culture of Kenya reflects a mixture of African, Indian and British influences, similar in many respects to the traditions and superstitions of Uganda and Tanzania.
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Kenya, formerly known as British East Africa, gained independence in 1963 and became a republic in 1964.
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Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is an international place with all kinds of accommodation. Nairobi has many restaurants serving everything from monkeys to antelope.
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More than other Third World countries, Kenya is a multicultural country made up of numerous ethnic groups.
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The flag was designed by the Kenya African National Union (KANU); the dominant political party until 2002.
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Conservation is a global effort, and the African country is doing its part to conserve the bounty of ecology. Unlike Peru and Ethiopia, Kenya has introduced wildlife conservation into the public school curriculum. The African country has an established history of cooperation with international conservation organizations.
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Kenya has become much more stable since the democratic elections of 2002.
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The people of Kenya have many idols: Henry Rono (runner), Richard Leakey (paleontologist and conservationist), Mama Ngima (former first lady of Kenya), Louise Leakey (paleontologist), Philip Leakey (businessman), Wangari Maathai (environmentalist), Grace Ogot (writer), Rebecca Njau (writer) and Kipchoge Keino (runner).
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In 2004, Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize for her dedication to women’s rights, ecology and democracy. Wangari became the second African woman to win the Nobel Prize. It is a really important model for the world.
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Since 1963, the economy has revolted around tourism. Kenya is one of the most prosperous black African countries.
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Paul Evans, a British runner, once said: “Only two European men have made stop three in the last four Olympics, one is the Italian Baldini, who won in Athens.” It is a problem of numbers. There are not many Europeans. In Kenya, you have dozens and dozens of new athletes every year …
Kenya is certainly famous for its athletes. Physical education is an important subject in all elementary schools, high schools, and universities. Obstacles (8: 05.4), the 5,000 (13: o8,4), the 3,000 meters (7: 32,1) and the 10,000 meters (7.32.1). In 1980, Henry qualified for the Kenyan Olympic team at the 1980 Moscow Games. But Kenya boycotted that year’s Moscow Olympic Games to protest the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan. This supreme athlete, the idol of millions of Kenyans, is a symbol in Africa.
Today Kenyan Bernard Barmasai is the fastest man in the 3,000-meter obstacle course with a time of 7 minutes, 55.72 seconds.
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UNESCO has declared Lake Turkana National Park and Mount Kenya National Park as World Heritage Sites.
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In fact, Isak Dinesen, better known as Karen Dixen, loved Kenya so much. His first novel Out of Africa (1938) focuses on the Kenyan landscape. In addition, Out of Africa was also the basis for a 1985 Hollywood movie starring Meryl Streep, one of the best American actresses.
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The most popular sports are cricket, track and field, boxing, soccer, volleyball, rugby, tennis, and field hockey.