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After Years of Professional Freelance Writing and Editing…
Stephanie Smith Diamond is an American writer, editor, runner, hiker, traveller, and expat, who has travelled throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. I have only just met her, and I’m looking forward to reading her book, which seems to have evolved a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Bamako, Bujumbura, Burundi, India, Kenya, Mali, Mount Kilimanjaro, Olduvai Gorge, Rwanda, Tanzania, trqaveller
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Now THERE’s A Thought –
A thought has come to my mind. I visited an old friend recently (she and I played tennis together as teenagers in the Rift Valley). We were talking about this ‘n that. She had a small Kakuzi Fibrelands investment in Kenya … Continue reading
TURNING MITES INTO MIGHTIER THINGS
I’ve found my Charity! The proceeds of every copy of BREATH OF AFRICA sold goes to ST PETER’S LIFE LINE. This UK registered charity was created in 2009 by someone born and brought up in Kenya and who, after many … Continue reading
Posted in Breath of Africa, Charity, Kenya
Tagged Bangladeshi, Breath of Africa, Charity, Doris Lessing, Harambee, Kajuki Village, Kenya, Nobel Laureate, Professor Yunis, St. Peter's Life Line
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She is Quick to Praise
I’m beginning to get a picture of the sprawling, haphazard village of Kabubbu. Tall banana plants and healthy cassavas grow abundantly in this tropical Ugandan climate. It is very humid. My washing from last night is still not dry at … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Travels
Tagged absentee landlord, boda boda, Idi Amin, Kabubbu Development Project, Kenya, long-drop, mosquito nets, Uganda
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DEVASTATION? NOT A BIT OF IT.
As far as the eye can see – earthworks, dozers, deep gashes in a disappeared hill. Or was it a mountain? It might have been a mountain for all I knew. Three forlorn palm trees stand along the far rim … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya, Travels
Tagged Base Titanium, Corporate Citizenship Award, Kenya, Kwale, mineral sands
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It Is As If I’ve Never Been Away
There’s no better way to get around Kenya than from Wilson Airport in Nairobi. My one-and-a-half-hour flight to the coast is painless and speedy. And all the more delightful when I pick up Ndege, their in-flight magazine, to find a review … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya, Travels
Tagged Al Shabaab, Diani Beach, Kenya, Madagascar, National Park, Ndege, Shimba Hills Reserve, Ukunda, Wilson Airport
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Pandemonium and Dust.
You don’t have to try and imagine what would result if four roads meet and cross and there are no rules. It happens throughout the day outside the YaYa Centre Shopping Mall in the city of Nairobi. A traffic policeman … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya
Tagged Al Shabaab, Easter, Garissa, Good Friday, Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Nairobi, Somalia, YaYa Centre, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
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Not Quite Paradise
… But near enough. Maanzoni – twenty odd miles south of Nairobi – is a true haven. We sat on the verandah of Anthea’s weekend hideaway, enjoying the cool breeze. It is warm inside, where we went in the late … Continue reading
Charity – The Circle of Life
The Crooked Cat Christmas festivities ends today! Here is a little tale to illustrate the cycle of life in Africa – that continent of survivors. I’m off to Kenya later this month, to hibernate, soak up the atmosphere, and research … Continue reading
Tagging Historical Fiction Authors
In the latest game of tag for historical fiction authors on the blogosphere, we introduce the main character of our work in progress or soon to be published novel. Just to be different, I’ve decided to talk about the main … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Africa, Historical fiction, Kenya, London, Mau Mau oath, Ngorongoro, Oxford
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