When bulldozers meet gods: The rituals of calming stubborn spirits on Coast project sites

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Communities at major infrastructure development sites along Kenya’s coast are performing rituals to seek blessings and calm spirits before construction proceeds. The projects include highways, ports and industrial parks, highlighting the cultural dimensions of large-scale development and land clearance.

As bulldozers clear land for multibillion-shilling highways, ports and industrial parks, some communities insist that progress must first secure the blessing of the unseen forces.