NAIROBI, KENYA — Although the Kenya National Rally Championship (KNRC) culminated in a rather bizarre boardroom debate, the 2005 season was literally a far cry from previous seasons. For rallying enthusiasts, the ended season relived the 1960s and 1970s when a mere mention of the word Safari during, Easter holidays, would trigger excitement countywide.

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It’s long after midnight, but more and more people are streaming into a dark and dingy hall on the edge of Soweto. The hot-dog salesmen are doing a roaring trade, and so are the women selling bottles of beer and spirits, which they pull out of a large dustbin full of crushed ice.

The crowd is young, and mainly black, although there a few coloured people. There are lots of couples, as well as large groups of men and women who have come on their own.

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