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Kennedy Odede, Jessica PosnerFind Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, And Hope In An African Slum
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 12-15Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 12 Summary: “jessica and kennedy”
Jessica is back at home with her family in Denver, Colorado, when she receives a call from Kennedy about violence in Kibera, but the call is cut short before she can learn what is happening. She frantically searches the news for any information on the conflict.
She learns that Kenya’s president was reinstated to office under suspicious conditions and possible election fraud, which led to intense rioting in Kibera between the Luo and Kikuyu tribes, also known as the Luo and Kikuyu massacres. Kennedy and his friend Antony hide at the SHOFCO office outside of Kibera in Olympic. When a gang shows up to kill them, he calls George. George gathers 15 people, and they scare the gang away.
The next day Kennedy wants to return to Kibera and plans to stay with a friend. Jessica warns him to be careful, and he is equally touched by her concern but also frustrated by the distance between them. Kennedy ultimately decides to stay in Olympic, and the next day he learns that the friend he wanted to stay with in Kibera was murdered via forced circumcision.
Jessica gathers money from friends to buy Kennedy a plane ticket to Tanzania where he can hide until the violence subsides.
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