Something unique from Arusha
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| Porcupines, they are as big as rabbits |
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| fruits that people use as water or milk gourds |
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| highest peak in Africa - the snowy Kilimanjaro |
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| Masai lady offers her handy crafts |
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| Young Tanzanian musicians |
African water pump & Plowing African way
Homemade ambulance in Rwanda
This one is really unique
An imaginary being, but created and inspired by real life experiences
A VERY BIIIG MANIPULATED HEAD
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE UNCLEANED LIPS MOUTH
Looooooooooooong limping hands
Dirty kicking feet
small tiny stone heart
UNZIPPED ZIPPER
A visit to Kalenjin kitchen
One early morning I visited the neighboring village in front of our campus. Like most of the traditional African villages the house which I visited are made from mud. Actually the compound consists of several mud houses, but the one I visited was the kitchen.
Most of the family are out, the children probably have left for school and the parents were in the farm, the lady who welcomed us told me that her name is Angela.
Chumba - the snakeman invited me to accompany him to this village. He was called because they found a snake in their kitchen. Chumba is an expert in snake and the village people always called Chumba whenever they found snake. Unfortunately, when we arrived the snake has dissappeared. Instead of catching the snake with Chumba, I asked Angela if she would allow me to take picture of their kitchen. And the result is the following pictures
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| this is the only window- very small |
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| Angela and her kitchen |
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| clay stove- the kitchen is warm |
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| They like to eat bread with mala and avocado, at the top near the roof they keep the fire wood |
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| Gourd for milk- they usually keep the milk until it get fermented -they call it mala. |
Playing with ice in tropical Africa
This one is really unique African.
Taking pictures of my wife playing with ice in our backyard after the big hail storm, but this is not in America or Europe..... this is in Baraton.
Mama Africa Protocol
The graduation was set at 9:00 a.m. at the University graduation square, but for mama Africa the graduation came on their own time. Though they were late and all seats were fully occupied they know how to manage themselves at their own protocol, and the following photo-essays are unique descriptions of mama Africa protocol I took during the 28th UEAB graduation on July 24, 2011.
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| Seats are all occupied, but mama Africa got the front part, outside the fence, next to roses pot, in front of the VIP seats |
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| She has decided that this must be the right spot |
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| She sorted some of her stuff |
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| She started to spread the sheet for her seat |
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| Others also joined her |
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| Mama Africa have their own issues to be addressed... which for them is more interesting than the graduation remarks |
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Suddenly there are more than a dozen of mama Africa in front of us
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Cooking with jiko
Preparing African party using jiko, reminds me of how we used to prepare party the traditional way back home in Manado when I was young. Today in Manado whenever we have occasion to celebrate we will go to the restaurant or call a catering service. It is here in Africa we rediscovered again our traditional way of celebrating special occasion.
Jiko is a unique African stove which we use to cook our drinking water, but also very effective in preparing meal. The students came to our house and cooked the foods for their Bizzman party in our backyard.
Morning Rendevouz
I took pictures of a pair of Ibis early misty morning in Bara, then edited in two different color setting.
Kibera's Children
I took the following pictures of Kibera's children along small dirt roads during the walk inside Kibera.
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| Reading Pinoccio |
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| Brother keeper |
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| Doing Handstand |
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| Playing wheel |
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| Heirs of the Kingdom |
Truly African
These pictures are uniquely african, especially the van with the word "pendo". As a Manadonese we would be very carefull to mention this word, but in Kenya that word means love.The baboon was so funny and embarassing.The boy with a rooster is the grandson of our helper, and the girl is one of the student labor daughter. The next picture is the one of tea plantation workers on their way to tea plantation. They kept on calling other workers to ride on the fully-loaded car....the two new comers were actually trying to cling on the vehicle. The careless lion was taken in Nairobi National Park, a rare snapshot of a lion "tidor ta senga"( Manadonese words is much better to express this than English), .....it was impolite to show the face of the king. |
| Love |
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| Where is my koteka? |
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| Dominique |
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| Bara girl |
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| "Faster and take your seat... we're leaving" |
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| CARELESS LION |
