I Run to You
A girl runs into the arms of her father.
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Tomatoes and Onions
A young woman sells tomatoes and onions at an outdoor market in Maili Tisa near Eldoret Town.
The Skeptic
A girl at a market in Maili Tisi on the outskirts of Eldoret Town.
Congo Girl
CONGOLESE BANDS IN EAST AFRICA
The 1970s through mid-80s was the era of Congolese expatriate bands in Nairobi: groups like Boma Liwanza of Shango Lola, Les Kinois of Samba Mapangala, Super Mazembe of Longwa Didos, and Les Mangelepa of Bwammy wa Lumwona (who had come East with Baba Gaston and [...]
The Time Traveller’s Child
The Seven Selves by Khalil Gibran
In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper:
First Self: Here, in this madman, I have dwelt all these years, with naught to do but renew his pain by day and recreate his sorrow by night. I [...]
Tell Me a Story
The Power of the Story.
When did we begin to forget? African Oral traditions are being weakened by the pervasive nature of print and visual media.
And yet the dominant organ of sensory and social orientation in pre-alphabet societies was the ear – “hearing is believing.” The phonetic alphabet forced the magic world of the ear to [...]
I am an African Woman
Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day
Don’t look now
I’m fading away
Into the gray of my mornings
Or the blues of every night
Is it that my nails
keep breaking
Or maybe the corn
on my second little piggy
Things keep popping out
on my face
or
of my life
It seems no matter [...]
Where You Lead, I Will Follow
A young girl follows her elder sister in Eldoret North constituency outside the village of Soy.
Shining Through
Verindah poses for a photograph.
New Makeup
Victoria takes a moment from fun and games at for a party for a photograph.
Curious But Shy
Children in Lugari District of Kenya pose for a photograph.
The Smile
THE SMILE – william blake
There is a smile of love,
there is a smile of deceit;
and there is a smile of smiles,
in which these two smiles meet.
And there is a frown of hate,
and there is a frown of disdain;
and there is a frown of frowns
which you strive to forget in vain,
For it sticks in the [...]
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