Archive for 'Stories of our Nightmares'

Afternoon Nap

Afternoon Nap

A man sleeps on an island beside Mbagathi Way in Nairobi.

Jostling For Position

Jostling For Position

Matatus try and overtake each other in a bid to get to Nairobi faster along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the outskirts of Naivasha. Public Service Vehicles are the leading cause of road accidents in Kenya.

Detour

Detour

A drunk driver left his Land Rover SUV in a ditch by the roadside in South C in the early morning hours of Saturday 27th February 2010.

The Weary Road

The Weary Road

A worn out stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway between Timboroa and Burnt Forest.

Primate, Inmate

Primate, Inmate

A monkey holds onto a chain link fence within its enclosure at the Safari Walk Zoo in Nairobi, Kenya.

Lake Elementaita

Lake Elementaita

A view of the slowly declining Lake Elementaita in the Rift Valley. This is due to the damage of forests such as the Mau which are the source of the waters for the rivers feeding the lake.

Move Along Now

Move Along Now

A policeman directs traffic at the scene of a 3 car pileup on the Eldoret-Nakuru Highway near Burnt Forest township.

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Former residents of a group of illegal structures await transportation in order to move to temporary housing after what was once their homes we torn down by the Nairobi City Council on the night of December 16th, 2009.

In Case of Fire In A Foreign Land

In Case of Fire In A Foreign Land

Maybe it’s time to start praying.

Carefully grab key

Make haste slowly

Evacuate

Staying low

Making sure always

To keep eye on door

If unable to leave room

Make every effort to notify

Someone

Making sure not to shout

Shouting will not help

One more thing:

If doorknob is hot

Do not open door.

Now you remember this is not you land

Now hear the sound of coming fire

I told you [...]

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Former residents of a group of illegal structures pick through the debris of what was once their homes after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.

Somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff

Somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff

somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff

somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff 
not my poems or a dance i gave up in the street
 but somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff

like a kleptomaniac workin hard & forgettin while stealin
 this is mine/this aint yr stuff/
now why don’t you put me [...]

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Destroyed Illegal Settlements

Former residents of a group of illegal structures pick through the debris of what was once their homes after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.

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