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Prospering Against All Odds

Prospering Against All Odds

Young transplanted mangrove trees grow in a tract of land that has faced heavy deforestation in Kinango near the Kenya Coast. In a measure to combat this, the Kenya Forestry Service planted young mangroves with a 90% failure rate due to poor soil nutrients. A different species was introduced in the area and it has [...]

Into the Labyrinth

Into the Labyrinth

Children run through the bush in Kinango District in Kenya’s Coast Province.

Speak Truth To Power

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 [...]

I Will Follow You

I Will Follow You

An old couple take a morning walk along a Mombasa beach.

Welcome to Mombasa

Welcome to Mombasa

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean. It has a major port and an international airport. The city is the centre of the coastal tourism industry. The original Arabic name is Manbasa; in Swahili it is called Kisiwa Cha Mvita (or Mvita for short), which means “Island of War”, [...]

Awaiting the Bus

Awaiting the Bus

Commuters await a public transport vehicle along Nairobi’s busy Mombasa Road.

Wake to Sleep

Wake to Sleep

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, [...]

Walk at Sunrise

Walk at Sunrise

A man walks the beach at sunrise in Mombasa, Kenya

Passengers Exit a Plane

Passengers Exit a Plane

Passengers exit a Jetlink plane on arrival at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa.

The Old Man is Snoring

The Old Man is Snoring

It’s raining; it’s pouring.

The old man is snoring.

He went to bed and bumped his head,

And he couldn’t get up in the morning

Nursery Rhyme.

UUGHGHGHHHSSHHH!! UUGHGHGHHHSSHHH!!

There’s nothing worse than the sound of someone snoring if you’re trying to fall asleep. Or maybe it’s you who snores, and people tease you about the noise you make in your sleep. Snoring isn’t [...]

Moi Airport Terminal

Moi Airport Terminal

The inside of the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya.

River Crossing

River Crossing

Travelers crossing a river as night approaches in Kinango District, Kenya.

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