Deep in thought
A Maasai man is oblivious to his beautiful surroundings in Paje Beach, Zanzibar.
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Sons of Zanzibar
Tribute to a Son Of Zanzibar : Professor Abudulrahman Mohammed Babu (1924-96)
When I think of Zanzibar, I remember a great man I had the privilege to meet several times in London before his death, Professor Babu, a great political activist and lover [...]
I Will Follow You
An old couple take a morning walk along a Mombasa beach.
All in a Day’s Work
Endgame. By Samuel Beckett
CLOV (fixed gaze, tonelessly):
Finished, it’s finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished.
(Pause.)
Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there’s a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
(Pause.)
I can’t be punished any more.
(Pause.)
I’ll go now to my kitchen, ten feet by ten feet by ten feet, and wait for [...]
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, [...]
Blue Mombasa Sea
“The Sea in Mombasa is as blue as a cornflower, and outside the inlet to the harbour, the long breakers of the Indian Ocean draw a thin crooked white line, and give out a low thunder even in the calmest weather” Karen Blixen, Out of Africa.
Karen Blixen spoke with romantic lyricism about the lure of [...]
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