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.
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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
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
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
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 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
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.
Destroyed Illegal Settlements
A temporary illegal structure in Nairobi’s South C neighborhood stands in the foreground while former residents of a group of structures view their destruction after the Nairobi City Council tore down the structures on the night of December 16th, 2009.
Informal Settlements
Conflicts in both rural and urban settings are said to be as old as society itself.
The dynamics of these conflicts are however different in the two situations and are influenced by both internal and external factors. For example, in the rural set-up, there are usually established mechanisms of minimizing conflicts. These are usually prescribed by [...]
Prayer for Haiti
NOT MY RAGE. by Toni Duruaku.
In looming streets I surge
A thunderous roar I bear
It’s not my way to be the guest
But so compelled by quakes and slides
So, not for me to turn the blame
As fire under sears my feet;
Not for me to turn the blame
For oft my feet are made to sear.
I’m all but worry [...]
My Brother’s Keeper
A homeless man sleeps by the roadside in Nairobi, Kenya.
” Man is born, grows up, evolves and fulfills his potential only within a social body that enriches him and that he is supposed to enrich. Outside this concept, outside this logic, there is no man…” Seydou Badian
The urban poor in Nairobi are a sight that [...]
The Hard Way
Two cyclists navigate a worn out and heavily damaged Eldoret-Kitale Highway.
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