It appears that some observers are finally beginning to counteract the shallow, facile narrative that overtook the analysis of the events in Kenya over the last couple of weeks. Caroline Elkins’ piece in The Washington Post this past weekend provided a model of how a historical analysis of the current events in Kenya ought to be framed. If Elkins rightly sees the colonial past as a major contributor to Kenya's current political woes, IRIN shows how the economy equally plays a role. In their report for Bloomberg Paul Richardson and Antony Sguazzin explain the ways inwhich a multiplicity of factors contribute to Kenya's destabilization, of which ethnicity is only one. Stephanie Hanson has also provided a useful asessment for the Council on Foreign Relations.