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Tonee stares intently at a computer screen.
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Innocence
A young boy at Matharu Market in Timboroa stares intently at the camera.
Motor Bikes in Kenya
Motorcycles are not as popular as you would imagine in Kenya, several reasons for this but the chief reason is cost. An lower cost solution to this can be found in Nairobi in the form of the home-made motorized bike.
Bicycle are fitted with engines, typically from a Japanese company Adtec sold in downtown Nairobi by bike [...]
Getting There
A man pushes his bike along a path in Rongai, Kenya.
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 [...]
Speak Truth To Power
Speak Truth To Power by Ariel Dorfman
I don’t want to pretend I was a hero
In the beginning I had neither pen nor paper to work with
But you don’t live your life in fear
and give people power over you
who can create fear
It would be better to die early
Anything else would have tasted like ashes
That’s what you [...]
The Look
The Look
Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed me at all.
Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest,
Robin’s lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin’s eyes
Haunts me night and day.
by Sara Teasdale.
Photo Credit: David stares at the camera
What’s Going On?
A man and woman stare into the distance in Nyeri Town.
The Impossible Dream
Musical “Man of La Mancha” – The Impossible Dream Lyrics
To dream … the impossible dream …
To fight … the unbeatable foe …
To bear … with unbearable sorrow …
To run … where the brave dare not go …
To right … the unrightable wrong …
To love … pure and chaste from afar …
To try [...]
The Catcher In The Rye
Two boys along a village path in Lugari, Kenya.
The Catcher in the Rye.
“Anyway. I keep picturing all these kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me.
And I’m standing at the edge of some crazy cliff. What [...]
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