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Hillary ORINDE

Filming TikToks In Tear Gas: Kenya's Gen-Z Protesters

The movement led by Kenya's Gen-Z started on social media and snowballed into protests (Credit: AFP)

Growing up in a shanty town in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Sarah Njoroge saw her parents ban her older siblings from taking part in anti-government demonstrations, fearing the bloody crackdown that would follow.

But the 21-year-old spent two days last week dodging clouds of tear gas and water cannon -- smartphone in hand -- instead of attending her psychology class.

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