Abstract This article examines responses to the terrorist attack on the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi in September 2013 in order to investigate the role played by blood donation, as an expression of national dreams, in the political imaginary of contemporary Kenya. It considers the symbolic effectiveness of calls for blood donation made by political figures in the aftermath of the attacks. Such calls drew on a tradition of donation drives begun in the early years of independence, which emphasized the modernizing imperative of the new state and the importance of unity, hard work and self-sacrifice in building the nation. However, the reaction to Westgate, including calls for blood donation, also needs to be understood with reference to the response of American and other leaders to equivalent terrorist attacks in more recent years. These elite dreams found resonance among ordinary citizens and blood donation recruiters. But they were also subjected to trenchant critiques that sought to expose the reality of the transfusion system, as well as the inequality and injustice that mark the general healthcare system and Kenyan society as a whole. These shortcomings were also highlighted by mobilization drives organized by Kenya's Somali and Asian communities both before and during the Westgate crisis. The latter are presented by their organizers as a means of overcoming historic exclusion and discrimination.

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#weareone：献血、恐怖主义和融入肯尼亚的梦想

摘要 本文考察了对 2013 年 9 月内罗毕 Westgate 购物中心恐怖袭击的反应，以探讨献血作为民族梦想的表达，在当代肯尼亚的政治想象中所扮演的角色。它考虑了袭击事件发生后政治人物呼吁献血的象征意义。这些呼吁借鉴了独立初期开始的捐赠活动传统，强调了新国家现代化的必要性以及团结、努力工作和自我牺牲在建设国家中的重要性。然而，对韦斯特盖特的反应，包括呼吁献血，也需要参考美国和其他领导人近年来对类似恐怖袭击的反应来理解。这些精英梦想在普通市民和献血者中找到了共鸣。但他们也受到尖锐的批评，试图揭露输血系统的现实，以及标志着一般医疗保健系统和肯尼亚社会整体的不平等和不公正。在韦斯特盖特危机之前和期间，肯尼亚的索马里和亚洲社区组织的动员活动也突出了这些缺点。后者由其组织者提出，作为克服历史排斥和歧视的一种手段。以及标志着整个医疗保健系统和肯尼亚社会的不平等和不公正。在韦斯特盖特危机之前和期间，肯尼亚的索马里和亚洲社区组织的动员活动也突出了这些缺点。后者由其组织者提出，作为克服历史排斥和歧视的一种手段。以及标志着整个医疗保健系统和肯尼亚社会的不平等和不公正。在韦斯特盖特危机之前和期间，肯尼亚的索马里和亚洲社区组织的动员活动也突出了这些缺点。后者由其组织者提出，作为克服历史排斥和歧视的一种手段。