The sun sets over the Ruwenzori Mountain range in western Uganda. The Ruwenzoris are Africa’s highest mountain range with the popular moniker of “Mountains of the Moon” with Mount Stanley as the highest mountain within the range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic [...]
Cars zoom by leaving streaks while three men hold a discussion at the Kenol Petrol Station in Hurlingham, Nairobi. This long exposure photograph as taken as night fell over the city.
A flooded and muddy path in Nairobi’s South C estate reflect electricity poles as the city lights glow in the distance at night.
Aerials and satellite dishes stand in silhouette against the evening sky on top of a skyscraper in Nairobi.
Night falls at a Nairobi Restaurant in Hurlingham.
“Brand New Day” Lyrics by Sting
How many of you people out there
Been hurt in some kind of love affair
And how many times do you swear that you’ll never love again?
How many lonely, sleepless nights
How many lies, how many fights
And why would you want to put yourself through all that again?
“Love is pain,” I hear you [...]
All sunsets remind me of Amman.
I have a deep abiding love for that small city in Jordan, the whole country in fact. Today I spoke to a wonderful woman who helped me to understand where the connection may come from, Yvonne Owuor, winner of the 2003 Caine Prize for African Literature.
She was explaining to me [...]
An old couple take a morning walk along a Mombasa beach.
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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, [...]
The sun sets across Kenya’s Great Rift Valley near Londiani.
A policeman directs traffic at one of Nairobi’s congested roundabouts near the Nyayo Stadium.
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