Arson is a recurrent problem in Kenyan secondary schools. Although school violence – notably gun violence – has received significant attention, there has been less academic attention paid to school arson, especially in Africa. This study explores how newspaper reports in Kenya framed school arson and links these framings to broader questions about the understanding and production of Kenyan identity. A thematic analysis of 334 newspaper reports revealed multiple understandings of school arson. Print media discourse afforded journalists an opportunity to make a commentary on the post-colonial globalized Kenyan society. We discuss the implications of this for understanding post-colonial media in Africa.

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代表肯尼亚学校纵火案：对报纸报道的分析

纵火是肯尼亚中学经常出现的问题。尽管校园暴力——尤其是枪支暴力——受到了极大的关注，但学术界对校园纵火的关注却较少，尤其是在非洲。本研究探讨了肯尼亚的报纸报道如何构建学校纵火事件，并将这些框架与关于肯尼亚身份的理解和产生的更广泛问题联系起来。对 334 份报纸报道的专题分析揭示了对学校纵火的多种理解。印刷媒体话语为记者提供了对后殖民全球化肯尼亚社会发表评论的机会。我们讨论了这对理解非洲后殖民媒体的影响。