Sunde is a Masai warrior. He was also a lion hunter for his tribe before he became a Lion Guardian, tracking lions and helping to prevent loss of livestock from kills in the community. This guy, at 23, clearly has some guts. Hunters go to kill lio…
It is a tough life, to learn about Masai traditional culture and life, in the village of one of your guides. Very tough. — in Selenkay Conservancy of the Masai Mara, near Amboseli National Park, Kenya [https://www.google.co.ke/maps/place/Amboseli+N…
As part of this amazing journey, I was invited by a Bukusu family to document — and thereby be a part of — their son Humphrey's journey into manhood. Circumcision rituals are sacred rites of passage for many tribal groups in Kenya. The Bukusu…
Hardley Singola Sinjaa bought his truck back in 2003 to carry his wife and kids and goods for their home in the village of Mahanga, Kenya. It’s very rural and few people then, and now, have vehicles. Fewer have trucks. In desperate situations, peo…
I ended the day interviewing a freedom fighter who was instrumental in the fight for independence in the sixties, and jailed, but was passed over in the new government. He preserves his MARAGOLI history but cannot contain his rejection, or his disa…
Unless you’ve eaten ugali, you have not eaten. This, Lydia says, is what most Kenyans feel when it comes to their staple of maize flour cooked with boiling water into a thick cake. Lydia teaching me: Most times, that means a portion sliced into…
One thing that keeps repeating here is Money. It is very very important. In being appreciated for your efforts, for making it, and ever so because no one has very much. Often times, like in Jidereri, where we celebrated the language project with Ben…
Mzungu? Wah! I think I look like this smiley person, but not everyone is happy to see me! Mzungu means white person and I hear it all the time. Kids run alongside the piki-piki (motorbike) and shout it with a wave, or wave wide-eyed, adults too.…
What IS THAT?! Moses and Alulu have been scoping out my iPod tune selections and we’ve been sharing music. I explained industrial and punk then introduced them to Ministry and the Sex Pistols. Alulu not so much, but I found Moses playing all the M…
