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Peace, Love and Unity
from Haiku Clubs of Kenya
September 2006
Peace
a dog is confused
mother and father yelling
peace is stired
~ Raymond Otieno (Bamboocha)
joining hands
all government officials
pray for peace
~ Catherine Njeri (Bamboocha)
peace demonstrations
on the streets of Nairobi--
pray for our country
~ Catherine Njeri (Bamboocha)
the United Nations
goes to Palestine and Israel
requesting for peace
~ Catherine Njeri (Bamboocha)
peace-keeping troops
flying to Middle East
on peace keeping missions
~ Catherine Njeri (Bamboocha)
a happy re-union--
America and Cuba
peace at last
~ Catherine Njeri (Bamboocha)
In North Eastern--
nomads move here and there
looking for peace
~ David Wandera (Bamboocha)
Christians
in the church praying
for peace
~ Walter Ochola (Bamboocha)
America and Kenya
Presidents talk together
to bring peace
~ Depporah Mocheche (Bamboocha)
in Northern Uganda
the LRA kills women and children--
where is peace?
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
American nuclear
bombs overwhelms Iraq -
no peace at all
~ Leonard (Falcon)
troops well ammunised
sent by UN in Iraq so as
to keep peace
~ Fan (Falcon)
agony in Marsabit
as Mzee Kipkweny frees
his own house
~ Patrick (Falcon)
Iraq among countries
with disastrous weapons
ready to devour
~ Meryline (Falcon)
proud happy Kenyan
harmony and peace everywhere
what a wonderful country
~ Samson (Falcon)
Benin, Zaire, Congo
folks dying everyday
no peace within
~ Serine (Falcon)
peace in Kenya
people living good life
no more war
(Falcon)
It is better now
North eastern people friendly
peace at last
~ Moses (Falcon)
we want peace -
no one can stop us
shouting peace
~ Hellen (Falcon)
women crying
our children dying daily
no peace at all
~ Grace (Falcon)
peaceful country
no corruption or disturbance
attract tourists
~ Grace (Falcon)
everything paucity
peace is what we prefer
calmness is needed
~ Andersoon (Falcon)
our country Kenya
surrounded by peace and harmony
what a country
~ Erustus (Falcon)
Sauatus in camps
children hungry and thirsty
people are inquietude
~ Ashraff Baraza (Falcon)
peace we need it
in Iraq and America
we need harmony then
~ Rebecca Siokau (Falcon)
we need peace
patriotic Kenyans
stop fighting
~ Christine Nyakado
the Mungiki thugs
terrorize Dandora
dwellers pray for peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Mungiki is an outlawed sect that has for many years terrorized and sometimes killed innocent people in Nairobi and Central Province.
Marakwet, Pokota
exchanging their fire arms,
ushering in peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Marakwet and Pokot are feudal pastoralist tribes in North Rift Valley who have for many years, rustled each other's livestock. Exchanging of fire arms is a traditional sign of peace.
revellers playing
with monkeys at City Park
peace on their faces
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* City Park is a serene public park on the tree-shrouded eastern outskirts of Nairobi City.
a priest and teacher
are shot dead in Kangundo
churches pray for peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Kangundo is a small town in Eastern Province. The murder of a Catholic priest and Deputy Head Teacher of Tala High School saddened the Catholic Church.
refugees praying
for peace at Kakuma Camp --
the cries of children
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana is the largest refugee camp in Kenya, sheltering victims of war in the horn of Africa, especially from Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Rwanda.
women and children
fleeing from Mai Mahiu --
corps patrol for peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Mai Mahiu is a fertile place at the bottom of the Rift Valley where recent land clashes flared, causing displacement of many people especially women and children. Houses and schools were burnt. Bishop T.D Jakes paid a visit to the site and offered to construct boreholes in the area, as an effort to bring peace.
at Uhuru Park --
the Nyayo Monument of
peace love unity
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Uhuru Park is a public park a few metres from Nairobi City center, along Uhuru Highway. The Nyayo Monument of Peace Love and Unity was constructed here. Peace Love and Unity is the philosophy frequently used by the former president Daniel arap Moi.
Musumbiji thugs
terrorize Kakamega
mourners pray for peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
*Musumbiji is a local terrorist group in the town of Kakamega and its surroundings in Western Kenya.
massacred children
are buried in Marsabit
the P.C pleads for peace
~ Patrick Wafula (Sensei)
* Last year, over 6 school children, who were from night prayers at a local church were massacred by unknown people in Marsabit, a place in North Eastern Province of Kenya. The P.C. is the Provincial Commissioner of the Kenyan civil service.
Love
teachers hugging
students patting on the back
love and unity
~ Raymond Otieno (Bamboocha)
Unity
people without unity
fight their enemies
killing one another
~ Mercyline (Falcon)
Men and women
singing Uhuru wetu
carrying up their flags
~ Ruthe Shambura (Falcon)
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Related words
***** Peace (amani)
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LONG RAIN and other HAIKU
April 2006
Green grass shines all over
How wonderful you are rain
The land is beautiful
Omwimwa James Form 2C
Rain you are wonderful
The world is green and beautiful
We all admire you
Agness Adhiambo Form 2
Dark clouds gather
Tropical torrents fall
More water
Beth Mwangi 2A
Vehicles move slowly
Dark sky pours cold water on roads
It is traffic jam
Joab Otieno 1A
Umbrella my dear friend
Cover me from the evening showers
I will not leave you
Joab Otieno 1A
Plenty of water now
Farmers work in their fields
It is green everywhere
Joab Otieno 1A
Seven colours in the sky
In a semi circle below the clouds
Showers in evening sun
Anne Nechesa (Patron)
Homeless they have been left
As water sweeps the houses rapidly
Stranded people
Jedida Kerubo
Tropical torrents
Manyattas are washed away
Maasai are homeless
Khadijah Rajab 1A
No school
Floods all over the land
Budalangi is stranded
Budalangi
A district in Western Kenya that is prone to annual flodds
Patrick Sensei
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PEARS
Sweet juicy fruit
Kids eat in the tropical sun
Children are nourished
Peris Wanjiku 2C
A cold juicy fruit
How sweet you are
In market stalls
Agness Adhiambo 2C
Brown fruits on tress
In the gardens of Kiambu
The pears are back
Kiambu
A place in Central Kenya where pears grow.
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WIND
Trees sway
Brown yellow leaves fall
Leaving trees bare
It blows fast
Rubbish is scattered all over
Dirt is all over
It is helter skelter
In cities and towns
All run for shelter
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LIGHTNING
A cracked heaven
Rumbling and trembling earth
Bad news
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EASTER
All over the streets
Green palm leaves in each hand
Preaching the Prince of Peace
Zaccheuas Ogonji 2A
Both children and adults
Carry green palm leaves in the streets
Singing and dancing
Omwimwa James 2C
Christians walk all over
With palm leaves in their hands
Oh! Peaceful day
Peris Wanjiku 2C
In all churches
Palm leaves wave in the air
To mark Palm Sunday
Kerubo Jedidah 2A
Christians sing hymns
Waving green palm leaves
What a wonderful day
Beth Mwangi 2A
Ding dong the bell rings
Christians worship in Chapels
Their Christ is a live.
Nechesa Anne Patron
In the church
Believers worship in loud voices
They are very happy
Zaccheuas Ogonji
Come one come all
Let us celebrate Easter
Caring forgiving each other.
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DROUGHT
The bright sun shines
From morning to evening
It is very hot
Omwimwa James 2C
The land dries and cracks
The sun heats from East to West
The air is very hot
Peris Wanjiru. 2C
My white umbrella
Protects me from the hot sun
I am not scorched
Peris Wanjiru 2C
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Mini-Ginko on May 6, 2006
The event was attended by three groups: the Bamboochas of Bahati Community Centre Secondary School, the Oaks of Embakasi High School and the Peacocks (the hosts). The attendance was over 40 and it was great fun as the kids took the haiku walk which lasted only 45 min and wrote haiku together. This is my haiku of the event:
eager faces
sweet voices
haiku refreshes
Here are some of the introduction haiku given by some of the fans during introduction:
in black and light-blue
enter the bamboochas
ready for the ginkoo
the first meeting
for the peacocks
a day to remember
so flamboyant-
balloons and ribbons sway
peacocks hoyee
the bamboochas
wamewasili
kurifresh the peacocks
More than 50 wonderful haiku were harvested.
Patrick Wafula
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Related words
***** The PEACOCK Haiku Club
***** ..... KENYA SAIJIKI .....: Bahati Club
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LONG RAIN and other HAIKU
April 2006
Green grass shines all over
How wonderful you are rain
The land is beautiful
Omwimwa James Form 2C
Rain you are wonderful
The world is green and beautiful
We all admire you
Agness Adhiambo Form 2
Dark clouds gather
Tropical torrents fall
More water
Beth Mwangi 2A
Vehicles move slowly
Dark sky pours cold water on roads
It is traffic jam
Joab Otieno 1A
Umbrella my dear friend
Cover me from the evening showers
I will not leave you
Joab Otieno 1A
Plenty of water now
Farmers work in their fields
It is green everywhere
Joab Otieno 1A
Seven colours in the sky
In a semi circle below the clouds
Showers in evening sun
Anne Nechesa (Patron)
Homeless they have been left
As water sweeps the houses rapidly
Stranded people
Jedida Kerubo
Tropical torrents
Manyattas are washed away
Maasai are homeless
Khadijah Rajab 1A
No school
Floods all over the land
Budalangi is stranded
Budalangi
A district in Western Kenya that is prone to annual flodds
Patrick Sensei
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PEARS
Sweet juicy fruit
Kids eat in the tropical sun
Children are nourished
Peris Wanjiku 2C
A cold juicy fruit
How sweet you are
In market stalls
Agness Adhiambo 2C
Brown fruits on tress
In the gardens of Kiambu
The pears are back
Kiambu
A place in Central Kenya where pears grow.
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WIND
Trees sway
Brown yellow leaves fall
Leaving trees bare
It blows fast
Rubbish is scattered all over
Dirt is all over
It is helter skelter
In cities and towns
All run for shelter
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LIGHTNING
A cracked heaven
Rumbling and trembling earth
Bad news
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EASTER
All over the streets
Green palm leaves in each hand
Preaching the Prince of Peace
Zaccheuas Ogonji 2A
Both children and adults
Carry green palm leaves in the streets
Singing and dancing
Omwimwa James 2C
Christians walk all over
With palm leaves in their hands
Oh! Peaceful day
Peris Wanjiku 2C
In all churches
Palm leaves wave in the air
To mark Palm Sunday
Kerubo Jedidah 2A
Christians sing hymns
Waving green palm leaves
What a wonderful day
Beth Mwangi 2A
Ding dong the bell rings
Christians worship in Chapels
Their Christ is a live.
Nechesa Anne Patron
In the church
Believers worship in loud voices
They are very happy
Zaccheuas Ogonji
Come one come all
Let us celebrate Easter
Caring forgiving each other.
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DROUGHT
The bright sun shines
From morning to evening
It is very hot
Omwimwa James 2C
The land dries and cracks
The sun heats from East to West
The air is very hot
Peris Wanjiru. 2C
My white umbrella
Protects me from the hot sun
I am not scorched
Peris Wanjiru 2C
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Mini-Ginko on May 6, 2006
The event was attended by three groups: the Bamboochas of Bahati Community Centre Secondary School, the Oaks of Embakasi High School and the Peacocks (the hosts). The attendance was over 40 and it was great fun as the kids took the haiku walk which lasted only 45 min and wrote haiku together. This is my haiku of the event:
eager faces
sweet voices
haiku refreshes
Here are some of the introduction haiku given by some of the fans during introduction:
in black and light-blue
enter the bamboochas
ready for the ginkoo
the first meeting
for the peacocks
a day to remember
so flamboyant-
balloons and ribbons sway
peacocks hoyee
the bamboochas
wamewasili
kurifresh the peacocks
More than 50 wonderful haiku were harvested.
Patrick Wafula
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Related words
***** The PEACOCK Haiku Club
***** ..... KENYA SAIJIKI .....: Bahati Club
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PEACOCK Haiku Club
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PEACOCK Haiku Club - The Peacocks !
Wow! We are so delighted to be new members in the club. We call ourselves the Peacocks from St. Mathew Secondary school here in Nairobi. We thank all of you especially Patrick Sensei, Madam Isabelle and Madam Gabi for your warm welcome to the kenyasaijiki.
It is now raining all over Kenya after a long dry spell. We are very sorry that we missed out on the first collection on the longest dry season in Kenya but we thank God we have started writing just when the long rains are here.
Here are our introductory haiku about the Long Rain.
green parks
puddles all over Nairobi
maasai cattle are back
grüne Parks
Pfützen ueberall in Nairobi
Maasai Rinder sind wieder da
Anna Nechesa
flowers bloom
green grass all over
a kid chases butterflies
Blumen blühen
grünes Grass überall
ein Kind verfolgt Schmetterlinge
Mercy Osale
We look foward to sharing the fun and adventure of haiku with all of you.
Thanks a lot all of you.
Sincerely yours,
The Peacocks.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/103
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jovial faces
students in light-blue and grey
haiku in St. Mathew
© Photos and Haiku, Patrick Wafula
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the longwaited match
taking place in Germany--
home of our sponsors
Dorine Atieno
Read the Peacock Haiku about the World Cup in June 2006
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HARAMBEE KWA WATOTO PATENSCHAFTEN
Der gemeinnützige Verein Harambee Kwa Watoto - Gemeinsam für Kinder e.V. fördert und betreut Schülerinnen und Schüler an den folgenden Schulen in Nairobi, Kenia:
Kwa Watoto Primary School (Kindergarten, Vorschule, Klassen 1 bis 8)
St. Mathew Secondary School (Klassen 9 bis 12)
A German organization is facilitating help for the children from these schools.
Click on the Banner if you read German. There are also some photos of the children if you click on the photo of the school above.
© Christine Rauhut
Since I found this connection to Germany, I translated the two haiku into German.
Gabi Greve, World Kigo Database
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PEACOCK Haiku 002 April 2006
Peacocks' Haiku Collection May 2007
PEACOCK Haiku Club Records
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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Related words
***** The Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
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PEACOCK Haiku Club - The Peacocks !
Wow! We are so delighted to be new members in the club. We call ourselves the Peacocks from St. Mathew Secondary school here in Nairobi. We thank all of you especially Patrick Sensei, Madam Isabelle and Madam Gabi for your warm welcome to the kenyasaijiki.
It is now raining all over Kenya after a long dry spell. We are very sorry that we missed out on the first collection on the longest dry season in Kenya but we thank God we have started writing just when the long rains are here.
Here are our introductory haiku about the Long Rain.
green parks
puddles all over Nairobi
maasai cattle are back
grüne Parks
Pfützen ueberall in Nairobi
Maasai Rinder sind wieder da
Anna Nechesa
flowers bloom
green grass all over
a kid chases butterflies
Blumen blühen
grünes Grass überall
ein Kind verfolgt Schmetterlinge
Mercy Osale
We look foward to sharing the fun and adventure of haiku with all of you.
Thanks a lot all of you.
Sincerely yours,
The Peacocks.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/103
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jovial faces
students in light-blue and grey
haiku in St. Mathew
© Photos and Haiku, Patrick Wafula
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the longwaited match
taking place in Germany--
home of our sponsors
Dorine Atieno
Read the Peacock Haiku about the World Cup in June 2006
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HARAMBEE KWA WATOTO PATENSCHAFTEN
Der gemeinnützige Verein Harambee Kwa Watoto - Gemeinsam für Kinder e.V. fördert und betreut Schülerinnen und Schüler an den folgenden Schulen in Nairobi, Kenia:
Kwa Watoto Primary School (Kindergarten, Vorschule, Klassen 1 bis 8)
St. Mathew Secondary School (Klassen 9 bis 12)
A German organization is facilitating help for the children from these schools.
Click on the Banner if you read German. There are also some photos of the children if you click on the photo of the school above.
© Christine Rauhut
Since I found this connection to Germany, I translated the two haiku into German.
Gabi Greve, World Kigo Database
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PEACOCK Haiku 002 April 2006
Peacocks' Haiku Collection May 2007
PEACOCK Haiku Club Records
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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Related words
***** The Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
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Patrick Wafula
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Patrick Wafula
Patrick Wafula helps establish the various haiku clubs in Nairobi.
Patrick Sensei, thank you !
BAHATI Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Patrick Wafula's Bizzare Tales
"I love teaching children and writing stories for them. I also enjoy writing stories for the youth and adult. "
Read these fascinating tales online
http://bizzaretales.blogspot.com/
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HAIKU by Patrick Wafula
RONALD NGALA STREET, Nairobi
hooting matatus
dashing pedestrians
restlessness
March 2006
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Bourgainvillea
flowers blossom again-
bougainvillea
blooms pink
Dedicated to Madame Gabi and Madam Isabelle
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The Long Rain, April 2006
it is green all over-
farmers stoop on their farms
all morning
green fields
the green grasshopper
is back
Soweto stage market
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
muddy shoes
muddy classrooms
students mop classrooms
muddy shoes
a queue at the shoeshine
muddy door mats
flooded Nairobi River
a drowned corpse
people mourn
muddy vehicles
queues at car wash
towing services busy
muddy roads
matatus are stuck
pensive faces
muddy shoes
muddy offices
cleaners stoop all day
green meadow
a hare eats grass leisurely
a browsing antelope
amarantus sprout again
women no longer buy veges
vegetable prices fall
flooded farms
soil erosion all over
a farmer builds gabbions
Makini School Bus stuck
pupils are late
worried faces
evening rain
rush hour in Nairobi
fare goes up
midday rain
she covers her head hair with juala
unhappy women
balmy morning
a robin leaps in the garden
dew on roses
frogs emerge-
termites flying
in the drizzle
Lake Victoria is flooded-
ngege is back
on our tables
...........................ngege: type of fish
the yellow butterfly-
hovering over
trees and flowers
farmers weed-
the wandering jew
sprouts again
rabits feed-
macdonald's eye
sprout again
farmers weed-
datura strumonium
sprouts again
cattle grow fat-
nappier grass grows
from the earth
flooded houses in Soweto-
a woman drains water
from her house
acacia leaves sprout-
students seat under
its shelter
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Soweto Stage Market, April 2006
at Soweto Stage Market-
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
*vyondos* are kikuyu traditional baskest made of sisal and polythane papers.
at Soweto Stage Market-
Sowetans buy fresh tomatoes
to prepare lunch
mangoes are back-
hawkers push wheelbarrows
selling mangoes
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World Cup haiku, June 2006
men without tv sets
go out to watch world cup---
lonely wives at home
tv sets are bought from
electronics shops at Luthuli--
smiling Asians
two form one boys fight
over Ronaldihno's photo
the cane cracks
world cup has done it---
Erick Okello is absent
from school today
two form two boys
quarrel over Thiery's photo
noise in class
on Luthuli street---
a man carries a new huge
television set
excited fans mill
in the electronics shops--
televisions are bought
Germany beats Sweden--
pandemonium in Stuttgart
and bottles on the streets
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cold dawn
sleepy Soweto shrouded
in grey mist
March 2009
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Related words
***** Literature of Kenya
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Back to the Worldkigo Index
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Patrick Wafula
Patrick Wafula helps establish the various haiku clubs in Nairobi.
Patrick Sensei, thank you !
BAHATI Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Patrick Wafula's Bizzare Tales
"I love teaching children and writing stories for them. I also enjoy writing stories for the youth and adult. "
Read these fascinating tales online
http://bizzaretales.blogspot.com/
*****************************
HAIKU by Patrick Wafula
RONALD NGALA STREET, Nairobi
hooting matatus
dashing pedestrians
restlessness
March 2006
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bourgainvillea
flowers blossom again-
bougainvillea
blooms pink
Dedicated to Madame Gabi and Madam Isabelle
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Long Rain, April 2006
it is green all over-
farmers stoop on their farms
all morning
green fields
the green grasshopper
is back
Soweto stage market
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
muddy shoes
muddy classrooms
students mop classrooms
muddy shoes
a queue at the shoeshine
muddy door mats
flooded Nairobi River
a drowned corpse
people mourn
muddy vehicles
queues at car wash
towing services busy
muddy roads
matatus are stuck
pensive faces
muddy shoes
muddy offices
cleaners stoop all day
green meadow
a hare eats grass leisurely
a browsing antelope
amarantus sprout again
women no longer buy veges
vegetable prices fall
flooded farms
soil erosion all over
a farmer builds gabbions
Makini School Bus stuck
pupils are late
worried faces
evening rain
rush hour in Nairobi
fare goes up
midday rain
she covers her head hair with juala
unhappy women
balmy morning
a robin leaps in the garden
dew on roses
frogs emerge-
termites flying
in the drizzle
Lake Victoria is flooded-
ngege is back
on our tables
...........................ngege: type of fish
the yellow butterfly-
hovering over
trees and flowers
farmers weed-
the wandering jew
sprouts again
rabits feed-
macdonald's eye
sprout again
farmers weed-
datura strumonium
sprouts again
cattle grow fat-
nappier grass grows
from the earth
flooded houses in Soweto-
a woman drains water
from her house
acacia leaves sprout-
students seat under
its shelter
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Soweto Stage Market, April 2006
at Soweto Stage Market-
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
*vyondos* are kikuyu traditional baskest made of sisal and polythane papers.
at Soweto Stage Market-
Sowetans buy fresh tomatoes
to prepare lunch
mangoes are back-
hawkers push wheelbarrows
selling mangoes
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World Cup haiku, June 2006
men without tv sets
go out to watch world cup---
lonely wives at home
tv sets are bought from
electronics shops at Luthuli--
smiling Asians
two form one boys fight
over Ronaldihno's photo
the cane cracks
world cup has done it---
Erick Okello is absent
from school today
two form two boys
quarrel over Thiery's photo
noise in class
on Luthuli street---
a man carries a new huge
television set
excited fans mill
in the electronics shops--
televisions are bought
Germany beats Sweden--
pandemonium in Stuttgart
and bottles on the streets
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cold dawn
sleepy Soweto shrouded
in grey mist
March 2009
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Related words
***** Literature of Kenya
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Haiku Clubs’ Outing to St Patrick’s Church Kayole
***** Location: Nairobi, Kenya
***** Season: Hot dry season (3 April 2007)
***** Category: Humanity
*****************************
St Patrick’s Outing
Co-authored by Isabelle Prondzynski (in plain font) and Anthony Njoroge (in italics)
All photos © Isabelle Prondzynski unless otherwise mentioned.
More can be seen here in the album !
On 3 April 2007, the long awaited day for the Outing of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi had arrived -- and a fine day it was, even while we were waiting for the rains to begin.
The venue was a surprise to many. We had been hoping to organise an excursion into a new venue in Nairobi City Centre, but technical problems had made this impossible. So, the community leaders of Tujisaidie Self-Help Project under the Urban Development Programme (UDP) of All Saints’ Cathedral had approached St Patrick’s Church in Kayole and requested the use of their tented hall for the day. The Haiku Club Patrons, who visited the venue on 31 March, found it to be excellent -- which indeed it proved to be on the big day.
The day is Tuesday, the 3 April. It is again another great day for the Kenya Haiku Clubs. It is a day that has been in every heart of the members. The new haijin in particular cannot hide their eagerness to be in their very first all club members' meeting and their very first ginkoo.
The first to arrive were the adults responsible for the day, who organised themselves, their papers and the hall, and then settled down to enjoy a chat and to wait.
There were Ms Louise Wambui Githire and Ms Kathleen Anangwe Warambo of the UDP, Ms Lucy Irungu of the UDP and Tujisaidie, and the Patrons, Patrick Wafula Sensei (Bamboochas and Co-ordinator), Madame Anne Nechesa and Madame Mercy (Peacocks), Mr David Kimani (Computer Teacher) and Mr Anthony Njoroge (responsible for haiku outreach to the wider community and Master of Ceremonies for the day).
The meeting was supposed to start at eleven. By that time few had made it to the venue.
eleven o’clock
anxious faces
long waiting
calm moments
gazing at the fence
prayerfully
Just some few minutes past time, the Butterflies came in, followed by the Peacocks and then the Baboochas.
brightened faces
Isabelle dashes
at last
shaking hands
smiling haijin
the crowd stranded
Butterflies
Peacocks Bamboochas
march in
Soon, the haijin had signed the list, and the hall had filled with chatting friends, glad to be together again. Anthony Njoroge (my co-author here and also the Master of Ceremonies for the day), greeted the haijin and the Patrons and visitors and encouraged the eager participants to begin the day well, by singing a few favourite choruses.
Singing choruses to start us off
Our host for the day, Revd Charles Kimani, joined us to welcome everyone and say a few words of encouragement to the students, which were very well received.
Then...
reverend
supplication
eyes closed
The Patrons one by one greeted the gathering, telling of the progress of the individual clubs.
speaking out
delighted hearts
reflecting
I reported on recent successes of Kenya Saijiki -- the publication of our haiga in haigaonline (December 2006), the success of the stars and night sky challenge, the contribution of our haiku to a planned book on peace related haiku, and the reading of one of our haiku on a radio show in Ireland :
corruption is daily --
you must pay cash
today
~ Christine Nyakado and Jacinta Minoo (Peacocks), 2006
The haijin were delighted to hear that we are now among the foremost haijin in Africa and able to participate as such in many haiku fora.
Computer certificates
Revd Charles Kimani had mentioned examinations... And indeed, our first agenda item was to applaud the students who had passed their final computer examinations after a year of study, both theoretical and practical, and to award certificates and prizes to them.
Mr David Kimani, the computer teacher, was greeted with cheers and applause.
The students who were presented with beautiful certificates and individual prizes, were the following :
1. Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
2. David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
3. Raymond Otieno (Bamboocha)
4. Walter Otieno (Bamboocha)
5. Gladys Kathini (Peacock)
6. Jacinta Minoo (Peacock)
7. Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
8. Gideon Gichamba Wangui (Peacock)
9. John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
10. Nyakado Christine (Peacock)
11. Khadija Rajab (Peacock)
12. Simon Magak (Bamboocha)
13. Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
applauses
certificates awarded
prizes in hardy
All 47 haijin who had completed the computer course were in addition presented with haiku notebooks and encouraged to make good use of their new skills!
The computer graduates with their certificates
Stars and Night Sky Challenge
The next item, eagerly awaited by all, was the announcement of the winners of the Stars and Night Sky Challenge, and the presentation of prizes for some spectacularly beautiful haiku. I was very proud that we are now able to assemble such a splendid collection!
winners announced
night stars goes on
end marked
The report on this Challenge, together with the photos of the happy prizewinners, both student and adult, can be found here :
stars-and-night-sky
Ms Louise Wambui Githire, the Co-ordinator of the Urban Development Programme of All Saints’ Cathedral, then brought bottled water for everyone, and smiles of relief could be seen all round the sun-heated tent.
dry lips
water cans provided
lighting faces
After a short discussion, the sun had passed the central point and the shadow was now moving west.
withered faces
empty stomachs
hard going
Anthony Njoroge reminded the students that it was still Lent, and that many Christians were fasting at this time. David Kimani’s remark, raising his water bottle : “You have now had your lunch!” brought the house down!
Fortunately, Louise had brought bread and milk in plenty, and soon, there was satisfied chatter all over the hall.
milk and bread
hunger defeated
life restored
As the Falcons and the Oaks had been prevented by exam schedules from participating in the outing, there was a glut of bread, milk and biscuits -- a glut that did not last for long!
April Ginkoo
It was soon back to activity -- the eagerly awaited ginkoo. As we had a large number of new Form One students with us, who were trying a ginkoo for the first time, the rules on this occasion were quite specific :
- the first word of each haiku is the month, i.e. April
- the second word is an important characteristic of the time, for instance :
~ sun
~ dust
~ clouds
~ wind
~ heat
- the second and third lines will contain an observation
- the students were asked to find a place and write all their haiku in that same place
- each student would write up to ten haiku
- each haiku would start with the same two words (April + ...)
- students would preferably write individually, not in groups
- haiku were not to be written about other haijin
- each would hand in the best two haiku, unsigned, but for the club name
The students then dispersed around the compound and soon, all were concentrating here and there, observing, and consulting the adults as they circulated among the students, offering words of advice and sharing in a smile or a laugh here and there.
Patrick Wafula sensei joining the students
The compound proved to be a good place. The natural beauty and the artistic make up provided a great setting for the ginkoo. After a short briefing on what was expected: -
moving out
pens and papers
nature focused
eyes opened
confined at a point
all in ones
april
under microscope
no escape
After handing in the ginkoo haiku, the judges took their time to evaluate and come out with the best of the best. The winners were announced in the midst of a jovial session.
The prize winners of the April Ginkoo
Alan Summers, our Stars and Night Sky judge, gave us great pleasure by adding his comments (see below each haiku).
HAIKU
1.
---
April sun --
dry clothes swing and swing
on the line
~ David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
A haiku full of movement and capturing the breeze without even needing to mention it by name.
2.
---
April wind --
girl's long hair
blowing upwards
~ Anne Wairimu (Bamboocha)
Lovely, I can imagine it in my mind straightaway!
3.
---
April sun
slowly vanishing --
a thick cloud taking over
~ Paul Wandera (Bamboocha)
Captures the changes in the sky wonderfully!
4.
---
April wind --
the leaves dancing
to beats of Eshikuti
* Eshikuti is one type of Luhya traditional music
~ Esther Keyombe (Peacock)
Fantastic blend of breeze and musical beats!
5.
---
April sun --
a cock and hen resting
under a hedge
~ Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
A very beautiful haiku, full of plain language, and making it universal.
6.
---
April dust --
handkerchief covered with mucus
cursing the month
~ Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
A very good haiku capturing part of a season, and not afraid to include 'mucus'. The great poet Shiki would have appreciated this haiku!
7.
---
April sun --
the brown grass leaves
crunching under my feet
~ Vivian Adhiambo (Bamboocha)
Excellent, a haiku full of sound and texture!
8.
---
April wind --
sand whirls spirally
papers go up
~ Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
We have all shared the nightmare of papers being blown about by the wind, thank you for the universal image.
9.
---
April wind --
itinerant traders
with dust on their goods
~ Teresiah Wanjiku (Bamboocha)
Wonderfully evocative! It just goes to show that there is no need for lots of complicated words to evoke a strong image.
10.
----
April sun --
the sound of dry grass
under my feet
~ Jane Njeri (Bamboocha)
Both Vivian and Jane's haiku remind me of a favourite one of mine, which the BBC liked so much they filmed me making a live version!
11.
----
April sun --
sweat running down my
dusty face
~ Sarah Adero (Bamboocha)
Very imagistic. I can also feel the heat, and sensation of the heat.
12.
----
April dust --
ants struggling to scuttle
through the dusty sand
~ John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
I love your alliteration with "struggling" and "scuttle" and "sand"! This is very difficult to do and make a successful haiku and you have done it, well done!
13.
----
April sun --
a car under a shade
for cool seats
~ Gideon Gichamba (Peacock)
Simple yet very provative, and it brings back hundreds of memories. A very good haiku!
The UDP car with Kathleen, Louise and Lucy
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
14.
----
April wind
gives a must-dance to
the trees
~ George Ombima (Peacock)
Very original, and quite brilliant, well done!!!
15.
----
April wind --
cloths flapping on
the hangline
~ Caren Cheptoo (Bamboocha)
I like your use of a different word other than clothesline. Your choice of 'hangline' also gives extra layers of meaning. Another excellent haiku.
The jury then read out the haiku and the authors came forward to huge applause, to collect their prizes. Special congratulations went to brand new haijin Esther Keyombe (no. 5 prizewinner), whose first ever haiku had done so well!
Thanks and prayer
I congratulated all on a wonderful day spent together, and indicated that our next meeting would take place in August -- something for all of us to look forweard to! Meanwhile, a new challenge was set -- haiku about animals, to be written between now and then, with prize winners to be selected in time for that event.
After a word of prayer and vote of thanks all left at their own pleasure.
come come
longing for you
oh august
Sweet memories of all those observations!
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
*****************************
Related words
***** Stars and Night Sky Challenge
***** The Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
***** Meeting of the Haiku Clubs in Tujisaidie, 4 November 2006
***** Bahati Ginkoo, 27 May 2006
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THE KENYA SAIJIKI
Please send your contributions to
Gabi Greve / Isabelle Prondzynski
worldkigo .....
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Haiku Clubs’ Outing to St Patrick’s Church Kayole
***** Location: Nairobi, Kenya
***** Season: Hot dry season (3 April 2007)
***** Category: Humanity
*****************************
St Patrick’s Outing
Co-authored by Isabelle Prondzynski (in plain font) and Anthony Njoroge (in italics)
All photos © Isabelle Prondzynski unless otherwise mentioned.
More can be seen here in the album !
On 3 April 2007, the long awaited day for the Outing of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi had arrived -- and a fine day it was, even while we were waiting for the rains to begin.
The venue was a surprise to many. We had been hoping to organise an excursion into a new venue in Nairobi City Centre, but technical problems had made this impossible. So, the community leaders of Tujisaidie Self-Help Project under the Urban Development Programme (UDP) of All Saints’ Cathedral had approached St Patrick’s Church in Kayole and requested the use of their tented hall for the day. The Haiku Club Patrons, who visited the venue on 31 March, found it to be excellent -- which indeed it proved to be on the big day.
The day is Tuesday, the 3 April. It is again another great day for the Kenya Haiku Clubs. It is a day that has been in every heart of the members. The new haijin in particular cannot hide their eagerness to be in their very first all club members' meeting and their very first ginkoo.
The first to arrive were the adults responsible for the day, who organised themselves, their papers and the hall, and then settled down to enjoy a chat and to wait.
There were Ms Louise Wambui Githire and Ms Kathleen Anangwe Warambo of the UDP, Ms Lucy Irungu of the UDP and Tujisaidie, and the Patrons, Patrick Wafula Sensei (Bamboochas and Co-ordinator), Madame Anne Nechesa and Madame Mercy (Peacocks), Mr David Kimani (Computer Teacher) and Mr Anthony Njoroge (responsible for haiku outreach to the wider community and Master of Ceremonies for the day).
The meeting was supposed to start at eleven. By that time few had made it to the venue.
eleven o’clock
anxious faces
long waiting
calm moments
gazing at the fence
prayerfully
Just some few minutes past time, the Butterflies came in, followed by the Peacocks and then the Baboochas.
brightened faces
Isabelle dashes
at last
shaking hands
smiling haijin
the crowd stranded
Butterflies
Peacocks Bamboochas
march in
Soon, the haijin had signed the list, and the hall had filled with chatting friends, glad to be together again. Anthony Njoroge (my co-author here and also the Master of Ceremonies for the day), greeted the haijin and the Patrons and visitors and encouraged the eager participants to begin the day well, by singing a few favourite choruses.
Singing choruses to start us off
Our host for the day, Revd Charles Kimani, joined us to welcome everyone and say a few words of encouragement to the students, which were very well received.
Then...
reverend
supplication
eyes closed
The Patrons one by one greeted the gathering, telling of the progress of the individual clubs.
speaking out
delighted hearts
reflecting
I reported on recent successes of Kenya Saijiki -- the publication of our haiga in haigaonline (December 2006), the success of the stars and night sky challenge, the contribution of our haiku to a planned book on peace related haiku, and the reading of one of our haiku on a radio show in Ireland :
corruption is daily --
you must pay cash
today
~ Christine Nyakado and Jacinta Minoo (Peacocks), 2006
The haijin were delighted to hear that we are now among the foremost haijin in Africa and able to participate as such in many haiku fora.
Computer certificates
Revd Charles Kimani had mentioned examinations... And indeed, our first agenda item was to applaud the students who had passed their final computer examinations after a year of study, both theoretical and practical, and to award certificates and prizes to them.
Mr David Kimani, the computer teacher, was greeted with cheers and applause.
The students who were presented with beautiful certificates and individual prizes, were the following :
1. Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
2. David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
3. Raymond Otieno (Bamboocha)
4. Walter Otieno (Bamboocha)
5. Gladys Kathini (Peacock)
6. Jacinta Minoo (Peacock)
7. Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
8. Gideon Gichamba Wangui (Peacock)
9. John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
10. Nyakado Christine (Peacock)
11. Khadija Rajab (Peacock)
12. Simon Magak (Bamboocha)
13. Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
applauses
certificates awarded
prizes in hardy
All 47 haijin who had completed the computer course were in addition presented with haiku notebooks and encouraged to make good use of their new skills!
The computer graduates with their certificates
Stars and Night Sky Challenge
The next item, eagerly awaited by all, was the announcement of the winners of the Stars and Night Sky Challenge, and the presentation of prizes for some spectacularly beautiful haiku. I was very proud that we are now able to assemble such a splendid collection!
winners announced
night stars goes on
end marked
The report on this Challenge, together with the photos of the happy prizewinners, both student and adult, can be found here :
stars-and-night-sky
Ms Louise Wambui Githire, the Co-ordinator of the Urban Development Programme of All Saints’ Cathedral, then brought bottled water for everyone, and smiles of relief could be seen all round the sun-heated tent.
dry lips
water cans provided
lighting faces
After a short discussion, the sun had passed the central point and the shadow was now moving west.
withered faces
empty stomachs
hard going
Anthony Njoroge reminded the students that it was still Lent, and that many Christians were fasting at this time. David Kimani’s remark, raising his water bottle : “You have now had your lunch!” brought the house down!
Fortunately, Louise had brought bread and milk in plenty, and soon, there was satisfied chatter all over the hall.
milk and bread
hunger defeated
life restored
As the Falcons and the Oaks had been prevented by exam schedules from participating in the outing, there was a glut of bread, milk and biscuits -- a glut that did not last for long!
April Ginkoo
It was soon back to activity -- the eagerly awaited ginkoo. As we had a large number of new Form One students with us, who were trying a ginkoo for the first time, the rules on this occasion were quite specific :
- the first word of each haiku is the month, i.e. April
- the second word is an important characteristic of the time, for instance :
~ sun
~ dust
~ clouds
~ wind
~ heat
- the second and third lines will contain an observation
- the students were asked to find a place and write all their haiku in that same place
- each student would write up to ten haiku
- each haiku would start with the same two words (April + ...)
- students would preferably write individually, not in groups
- haiku were not to be written about other haijin
- each would hand in the best two haiku, unsigned, but for the club name
The students then dispersed around the compound and soon, all were concentrating here and there, observing, and consulting the adults as they circulated among the students, offering words of advice and sharing in a smile or a laugh here and there.
Patrick Wafula sensei joining the students
The compound proved to be a good place. The natural beauty and the artistic make up provided a great setting for the ginkoo. After a short briefing on what was expected: -
moving out
pens and papers
nature focused
eyes opened
confined at a point
all in ones
april
under microscope
no escape
After handing in the ginkoo haiku, the judges took their time to evaluate and come out with the best of the best. The winners were announced in the midst of a jovial session.
The prize winners of the April Ginkoo
Alan Summers, our Stars and Night Sky judge, gave us great pleasure by adding his comments (see below each haiku).
HAIKU
1.
---
April sun --
dry clothes swing and swing
on the line
~ David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
A haiku full of movement and capturing the breeze without even needing to mention it by name.
2.
---
April wind --
girl's long hair
blowing upwards
~ Anne Wairimu (Bamboocha)
Lovely, I can imagine it in my mind straightaway!
3.
---
April sun
slowly vanishing --
a thick cloud taking over
~ Paul Wandera (Bamboocha)
Captures the changes in the sky wonderfully!
4.
---
April wind --
the leaves dancing
to beats of Eshikuti
* Eshikuti is one type of Luhya traditional music
~ Esther Keyombe (Peacock)
Fantastic blend of breeze and musical beats!
5.
---
April sun --
a cock and hen resting
under a hedge
~ Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
A very beautiful haiku, full of plain language, and making it universal.
6.
---
April dust --
handkerchief covered with mucus
cursing the month
~ Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
A very good haiku capturing part of a season, and not afraid to include 'mucus'. The great poet Shiki would have appreciated this haiku!
7.
---
April sun --
the brown grass leaves
crunching under my feet
~ Vivian Adhiambo (Bamboocha)
Excellent, a haiku full of sound and texture!
8.
---
April wind --
sand whirls spirally
papers go up
~ Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
We have all shared the nightmare of papers being blown about by the wind, thank you for the universal image.
9.
---
April wind --
itinerant traders
with dust on their goods
~ Teresiah Wanjiku (Bamboocha)
Wonderfully evocative! It just goes to show that there is no need for lots of complicated words to evoke a strong image.
10.
----
April sun --
the sound of dry grass
under my feet
~ Jane Njeri (Bamboocha)
Both Vivian and Jane's haiku remind me of a favourite one of mine, which the BBC liked so much they filmed me making a live version!
11.
----
April sun --
sweat running down my
dusty face
~ Sarah Adero (Bamboocha)
Very imagistic. I can also feel the heat, and sensation of the heat.
12.
----
April dust --
ants struggling to scuttle
through the dusty sand
~ John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
I love your alliteration with "struggling" and "scuttle" and "sand"! This is very difficult to do and make a successful haiku and you have done it, well done!
13.
----
April sun --
a car under a shade
for cool seats
~ Gideon Gichamba (Peacock)
Simple yet very provative, and it brings back hundreds of memories. A very good haiku!
The UDP car with Kathleen, Louise and Lucy
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
14.
----
April wind
gives a must-dance to
the trees
~ George Ombima (Peacock)
Very original, and quite brilliant, well done!!!
15.
----
April wind --
cloths flapping on
the hangline
~ Caren Cheptoo (Bamboocha)
I like your use of a different word other than clothesline. Your choice of 'hangline' also gives extra layers of meaning. Another excellent haiku.
The jury then read out the haiku and the authors came forward to huge applause, to collect their prizes. Special congratulations went to brand new haijin Esther Keyombe (no. 5 prizewinner), whose first ever haiku had done so well!
Thanks and prayer
I congratulated all on a wonderful day spent together, and indicated that our next meeting would take place in August -- something for all of us to look forweard to! Meanwhile, a new challenge was set -- haiku about animals, to be written between now and then, with prize winners to be selected in time for that event.
After a word of prayer and vote of thanks all left at their own pleasure.
come come
longing for you
oh august
Sweet memories of all those observations!
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
*****************************
Related words
***** Stars and Night Sky Challenge
***** The Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
***** Meeting of the Haiku Clubs in Tujisaidie, 4 November 2006
***** Bahati Ginkoo, 27 May 2006
*****************************
THE KENYA SAIJIKI
Please send your contributions to
Gabi Greve / Isabelle Prondzynski
worldkigo .....
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Parade of the Bands
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Parade of the bands
***** Location: Trinidad and Tobago
***** Season: Dry Season - Tropics, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean
(Spring in cold climates)
***** Category: Observance
*****************************
Explanation
Fun in the sun is the order of the day...
In Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Monday and Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday;
and ends the Carnival Season. A time of joviality boarding on lewdness.There are carnival parties called fetes and various competitions among musicians- brass and steelbands, calypso
singers, individual masqueraders - king and queen of bands, and childrens's competitions. The high point is really the ending on Monday and Tuesday when the masqueraders take to the street and are judged in bands at certain competition points along the parade routes.
© Photo and Text : Gillena Cox, T&T
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Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago is the event of the year.
It is said that if the islanders are not celebrating it then they are preparing for it while reminiscing about the past year's festival. The heart of the musical celebration is the calypso, which developed in spite of British rule with all its Anglicizing zeal and racism.
Recently, Soca has replaced Calypso as the a mainstream type of music. Carnival on Trinidad and Tobago originally had its roots in conservative French aristocracy where masks were donned and social visits ensued. It then grew with African influences from the slaves who added singing, dancing, and music as well as exuberance to Carnival to transform it into what we see today. Carnival is celebrated the week before Ash Wednesday in the season of Lent. Musical competitions make up a large part of Carnival and to win a competition is highly coveted.
For example, to be named Calypso Monarch is one of the island's greatest honors, and the competition is aired on television. Other prestigious titles are Soca Monarch, Road March and Panorama Champions. The instruments used are the drums, claves, and the steelpan, which is a drum that has been hammered down in different areas which create different notes.
A group of performers practice weeks in advance on these drums in order to compete and hopefully bring home the top honor. Trinidad and Tobago is very multicultural (Africian, Asian (south and east), European) and all these groups have combined their musical influences to that of Carnival. Spanish influences are also reflected by the immigrants from Venezuela. These cultures and contributions render a sound vastly different from Carnival in Spain, Venice, or even in New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is celebrated.
© WIKIPEDIA. Read more !
More LINKs
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9748/sbook.htm
http://www.visittnt.com/todo/events/carnival/
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
parade of the bands
clouds of dust
even in our throats
© gillena cox 2007
police watch the crowds
at children's carnival
the horse's teeth
© gillena cox 2008
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Related words
***** calypso, soca, mas, pan
***** Carneval, Carnivalsee also Shrovetide
***** Goa Carnival, Goa Carneval India
*****************************
THE KENYA SAIJIKI
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Parade of the bands
***** Location: Trinidad and Tobago
***** Season: Dry Season - Tropics, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean
(Spring in cold climates)
***** Category: Observance
*****************************
Explanation
Fun in the sun is the order of the day...
In Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Monday and Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday;
and ends the Carnival Season. A time of joviality boarding on lewdness.There are carnival parties called fetes and various competitions among musicians- brass and steelbands, calypso
singers, individual masqueraders - king and queen of bands, and childrens's competitions. The high point is really the ending on Monday and Tuesday when the masqueraders take to the street and are judged in bands at certain competition points along the parade routes.
© Photo and Text : Gillena Cox, T&T
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Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago is the event of the year.
It is said that if the islanders are not celebrating it then they are preparing for it while reminiscing about the past year's festival. The heart of the musical celebration is the calypso, which developed in spite of British rule with all its Anglicizing zeal and racism.
Recently, Soca has replaced Calypso as the a mainstream type of music. Carnival on Trinidad and Tobago originally had its roots in conservative French aristocracy where masks were donned and social visits ensued. It then grew with African influences from the slaves who added singing, dancing, and music as well as exuberance to Carnival to transform it into what we see today. Carnival is celebrated the week before Ash Wednesday in the season of Lent. Musical competitions make up a large part of Carnival and to win a competition is highly coveted.
For example, to be named Calypso Monarch is one of the island's greatest honors, and the competition is aired on television. Other prestigious titles are Soca Monarch, Road March and Panorama Champions. The instruments used are the drums, claves, and the steelpan, which is a drum that has been hammered down in different areas which create different notes.
A group of performers practice weeks in advance on these drums in order to compete and hopefully bring home the top honor. Trinidad and Tobago is very multicultural (Africian, Asian (south and east), European) and all these groups have combined their musical influences to that of Carnival. Spanish influences are also reflected by the immigrants from Venezuela. These cultures and contributions render a sound vastly different from Carnival in Spain, Venice, or even in New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is celebrated.
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More LINKs
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9748/sbook.htm
http://www.visittnt.com/todo/events/carnival/
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parade of the bands
clouds of dust
even in our throats
© gillena cox 2007
police watch the crowds
at children's carnival
the horse's teeth
© gillena cox 2008
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Related words
***** calypso, soca, mas, pan
***** Carneval, Carnivalsee also Shrovetide
***** Goa Carnival, Goa Carneval India
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3/18/2006
Oranges
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Oranges and Mandarin Oranges
***** Location: Kenya, other areas
***** Season: various, see below
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
In Kenya, oranges (Swahili : Mchungwa)
are a kigo for the cool dry season.
While imported oranges are nowadays available all year round, the Kenya grown oranges are ripe in the cool dry season and are the most popular oranges in Kenya..
Kenya does not have an ideal climate to grow oranges, since it lacks a sufficiently cold season. Oranges are less beautiful to behold than those grown in more temperate climates, with slightly rough skins, staying on the yellow-green side. They are therefore not exported, and the entire orange harvest is available to the Kenyan population.
Oranges are popular in Kenya, and are sold at roadside stalls, usually in piles of 4 or 5 fruit, at very affordable prices. Passers-by who have bought them, may decide to consume one immediately, sucking the flesh and the juice from the fruit quartered by the hawker.
As the fruit are slightly bitter, they are also well suited to making marmalade, which is cooked in many larger households and in small businesses in the country and is both popular and tasty.
Orange juice, orange squash, orange pop and orange flavoured sweets are also much enjoyed in Kenya, but have only the name in common with the orange fruit. A friend of mine, who once learnt how to produce orange squash for sale, was shocked to realise that this contained only chemicals and water -- and asked her children never to drink it again!
Other citrus fruit which grow well in Kenya, are the lemon, the lime and the tangerine. The lemon is juicy and full of flavour, while the lime is delicious, and is used for fresh drinks, as well as in several fish recipes.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Citrus sinensis -- Orange tree
Exotic, native to southern China, Vietnam
Local names : Mchungwa (Swahili), Muchungwa (Luganda)
A shrub or small tree, growing 4-6 m in height; it is widespread in regions with tropical and temperate climates.
Bark : Grey-brown; branches greenish brown, armed with spines.
Leaves : Simple; alternate; spicily aromatic when crushed.
Flowers : Small; regular; 5 white petals; free; scented; attract bees.
Fruit : A hesperidium (as in all citrus); green to orange when ripe.
Uses : The family Rutaceae includes the orange (citrus sinensis), lemon (citrus limon), tangerine (citrus reticulata), grapefruit (citrus paradisi) and lime (citrus aurantifolia). All citrus fruits are juicy, full of Vitamin C, and used to make jams, jellies, marmalade and fruit squash. Wood is used as firewood. Flowers, leaves and peel produce aromatic oil.
Najma Dharani
Field Guide to common trees and shrubs of East Africa, Cape Town 2002.
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Florida (USA)
oranges (the fruit)
kigo for winter
orange blossoms are around in February.
evening stroll
the scent of orange trees
lingering
Judith Gorgone
WKD Facebook, November 2009
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Japan
mikan 蜜柑 (みかん) tangerine, oranges, grapefruit
Mikan, mandarin orange with more kigo
Kankitsu, kankitsurui かんきつるい (柑橘類) citrus fruit
かんきつ類
samaa orenji サマーオレンジ summer orange
kigo for early summer
Orange juice, Orange squash,
orenji sukasshu オレンジスカッシュ
kigo for all summer
A cold drink, usually with ice cubes.
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Turkey
kigo for winter
Traditionally oranges and tangerines are december fruits in Turkish markets.
Isa
WKD : Turkey Saijiki
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Things found on the way
Kenya
During the national referendum on the proposed new Constitution in 2005, the symbols allocated to the “yes” and “no” campaigns, were the banana and the orange, respectively. Several political groupings got together under the orange banner, and adopted the name of the Orange Democratic Movement. Having won the referendum, they continued their joint activities and are currently in the process of becoming a new political party.
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The colour orange is very popular in Kenyan textiles, particularly among the Kikuyus and Maasais. Traditional wraparound cloths, called kanga, often use yellow and orange patters in the ever changing designs.
Bahati Secondary School students in a drama performance
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Mchungwa can also be a term of endearment by a boy for the girl of his love. In the mid 1990s, a series of highly popular Kikuyu stories and songs about a girl named Gachûngwa (“little orange”) delighted the country, stayed at the top of the pops for many weeks and was played all over the matatus (minibuses) and village homes.
Text and photo : Isabelle Prondzynski
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HAIKU
sunrise
in the orange grove --
heart singing in prayer
Isabelle Prondzynski
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mummy and daddy
sucking fresh orange juice
sharing a happy moment
Susan Wangui (Bamboocha)
I suck the juice sac
from the sweet fleshy orange --
flies buzz past my face
Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
orange in a market
crowded by students shouting
yellowish one is mine
Solomon (Falcon)
ODM at a rally
a crowd gather cheering as
they throw oranges
Beatrice (Falcon)
my grandfather's beard
stained with orange juice --
his sticky lips
Catherine Njeri (Bamboochas)
juicy finger tips,
sucking lips --
orange peels in the compound
Hisseini Haji (Peacock)
jovial faces
sticky fingers and mouths --
orange snacks
Beth Mwangi (Peacock)
sharp thumb nail
cuts the yellow orange peel-
juice flows down the elbow
Anne Nechesa (Patron, Peacocks)
choked by thistles as
Tom carries a basket of oranges
down a tree
Patrick Wafula (Patron, Bamboochas)
a plate of food on one hand
an orange on the other --
what a meal
Anthony Njoroge
my brother comes in
with an orange in his hand --
how selfish he looks!
Agnes Adhiambo (Peacock)
Soweto market-
a big orange attracts me
to the stall
Brian Mulando in August 2012
More ORANGES HAIKU from Kenya are here !
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tiny sour oranges--
a kabuki actor
with bleached hair
© Fay Aoyagi - Roadrunner Magazine
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winter picnic
another orange peel
hits the compost
oranges and sunshine
he runs his bare toes
through the grass
orange alert
children surround the bowl
of tangerines
Copyright © 2000-2005 by Heather Madrone .
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Related words
***** Mandarin Oranges, mikan みかん、蜜柑
blossoms of the mandarin oranges, mikan no hana
蜜柑の花
flowering mikan, hana mikan 花蜜柑
kigo for early summer
I remember driving through some islands of the Inland Sea of Japan, famous for its mikan plantations on the steep hills, where the smell of the mikan flowers was so strong in the air ! The flowers are rather small and hardly to be seen, but the nose was enchanted !
Gabi Greve
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mandarin orange, the fruit, mikan 蜜柑
Mikan, mandarin orange (kigo list)
kigo for all winter
the fruit of Citrus reticulata, eaten almost on a daily basis in Japan.
Click HERE for some photos
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Oranges and Mandarin Oranges
***** Location: Kenya, other areas
***** Season: various, see below
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
In Kenya, oranges (Swahili : Mchungwa)
are a kigo for the cool dry season.
While imported oranges are nowadays available all year round, the Kenya grown oranges are ripe in the cool dry season and are the most popular oranges in Kenya..
Kenya does not have an ideal climate to grow oranges, since it lacks a sufficiently cold season. Oranges are less beautiful to behold than those grown in more temperate climates, with slightly rough skins, staying on the yellow-green side. They are therefore not exported, and the entire orange harvest is available to the Kenyan population.
Oranges are popular in Kenya, and are sold at roadside stalls, usually in piles of 4 or 5 fruit, at very affordable prices. Passers-by who have bought them, may decide to consume one immediately, sucking the flesh and the juice from the fruit quartered by the hawker.
As the fruit are slightly bitter, they are also well suited to making marmalade, which is cooked in many larger households and in small businesses in the country and is both popular and tasty.
Orange juice, orange squash, orange pop and orange flavoured sweets are also much enjoyed in Kenya, but have only the name in common with the orange fruit. A friend of mine, who once learnt how to produce orange squash for sale, was shocked to realise that this contained only chemicals and water -- and asked her children never to drink it again!
Other citrus fruit which grow well in Kenya, are the lemon, the lime and the tangerine. The lemon is juicy and full of flavour, while the lime is delicious, and is used for fresh drinks, as well as in several fish recipes.
Isabelle Prondzynski
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Citrus sinensis -- Orange tree
Exotic, native to southern China, Vietnam
Local names : Mchungwa (Swahili), Muchungwa (Luganda)
A shrub or small tree, growing 4-6 m in height; it is widespread in regions with tropical and temperate climates.
Bark : Grey-brown; branches greenish brown, armed with spines.
Leaves : Simple; alternate; spicily aromatic when crushed.
Flowers : Small; regular; 5 white petals; free; scented; attract bees.
Fruit : A hesperidium (as in all citrus); green to orange when ripe.
Uses : The family Rutaceae includes the orange (citrus sinensis), lemon (citrus limon), tangerine (citrus reticulata), grapefruit (citrus paradisi) and lime (citrus aurantifolia). All citrus fruits are juicy, full of Vitamin C, and used to make jams, jellies, marmalade and fruit squash. Wood is used as firewood. Flowers, leaves and peel produce aromatic oil.
Najma Dharani
Field Guide to common trees and shrubs of East Africa, Cape Town 2002.
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Worldwide use
Florida (USA)
oranges (the fruit)
kigo for winter
orange blossoms are around in February.
evening stroll
the scent of orange trees
lingering
Judith Gorgone
WKD Facebook, November 2009
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Japan
mikan 蜜柑 (みかん) tangerine, oranges, grapefruit
Mikan, mandarin orange with more kigo
Kankitsu, kankitsurui かんきつるい (柑橘類) citrus fruit
かんきつ類
samaa orenji サマーオレンジ summer orange
kigo for early summer
Orange juice, Orange squash,
orenji sukasshu オレンジスカッシュ
kigo for all summer
A cold drink, usually with ice cubes.
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Turkey
kigo for winter
Traditionally oranges and tangerines are december fruits in Turkish markets.
Isa
WKD : Turkey Saijiki
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Things found on the way
Kenya
During the national referendum on the proposed new Constitution in 2005, the symbols allocated to the “yes” and “no” campaigns, were the banana and the orange, respectively. Several political groupings got together under the orange banner, and adopted the name of the Orange Democratic Movement. Having won the referendum, they continued their joint activities and are currently in the process of becoming a new political party.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The colour orange is very popular in Kenyan textiles, particularly among the Kikuyus and Maasais. Traditional wraparound cloths, called kanga, often use yellow and orange patters in the ever changing designs.
Bahati Secondary School students in a drama performance
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mchungwa can also be a term of endearment by a boy for the girl of his love. In the mid 1990s, a series of highly popular Kikuyu stories and songs about a girl named Gachûngwa (“little orange”) delighted the country, stayed at the top of the pops for many weeks and was played all over the matatus (minibuses) and village homes.
Text and photo : Isabelle Prondzynski
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HAIKU
sunrise
in the orange grove --
heart singing in prayer
Isabelle Prondzynski
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mummy and daddy
sucking fresh orange juice
sharing a happy moment
Susan Wangui (Bamboocha)
I suck the juice sac
from the sweet fleshy orange --
flies buzz past my face
Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
orange in a market
crowded by students shouting
yellowish one is mine
Solomon (Falcon)
ODM at a rally
a crowd gather cheering as
they throw oranges
Beatrice (Falcon)
my grandfather's beard
stained with orange juice --
his sticky lips
Catherine Njeri (Bamboochas)
juicy finger tips,
sucking lips --
orange peels in the compound
Hisseini Haji (Peacock)
jovial faces
sticky fingers and mouths --
orange snacks
Beth Mwangi (Peacock)
sharp thumb nail
cuts the yellow orange peel-
juice flows down the elbow
Anne Nechesa (Patron, Peacocks)
choked by thistles as
Tom carries a basket of oranges
down a tree
Patrick Wafula (Patron, Bamboochas)
a plate of food on one hand
an orange on the other --
what a meal
Anthony Njoroge
my brother comes in
with an orange in his hand --
how selfish he looks!
Agnes Adhiambo (Peacock)
Soweto market-
a big orange attracts me
to the stall
Brian Mulando in August 2012
More ORANGES HAIKU from Kenya are here !
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tiny sour oranges--
a kabuki actor
with bleached hair
© Fay Aoyagi - Roadrunner Magazine
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
winter picnic
another orange peel
hits the compost
oranges and sunshine
he runs his bare toes
through the grass
orange alert
children surround the bowl
of tangerines
Copyright © 2000-2005 by Heather Madrone .
*****************************
Related words
***** Mandarin Oranges, mikan みかん、蜜柑
blossoms of the mandarin oranges, mikan no hana
蜜柑の花
flowering mikan, hana mikan 花蜜柑
kigo for early summer
I remember driving through some islands of the Inland Sea of Japan, famous for its mikan plantations on the steep hills, where the smell of the mikan flowers was so strong in the air ! The flowers are rather small and hardly to be seen, but the nose was enchanted !
Gabi Greve
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
mandarin orange, the fruit, mikan 蜜柑
Mikan, mandarin orange (kigo list)
kigo for all winter
the fruit of Citrus reticulata, eaten almost on a daily basis in Japan.
Click HERE for some photos
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3/04/2006
Odinga
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JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA
He is fondly referred to as the Octogenerian of Kenyan politics for his long and productive contribution to the Kenyan political scene. Jaramogi was a very prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence, especially during the period of Mzee Kenyatta's arrest and detention by the colonial government. He was forefront in the clamour for Kenyatta's release, and was graciously rewarded with the Vice-Presidency in Kenyatta's first independent Kenya government.
Together with Tom Mboya, Odinga heads a string of very prominent politicians from the Luo community in Nyanza Province who have played a very significant role in Kenya's politics. His son Raila Odinga, has clearly inherited his political talents and has gone on to establish himself as one of Kenya's leading politicians.
Odinga, like many other prominent Kenyan politicians, got his education at the prestigious Alliance High School. His emergence in the political scene can be traced to the 1940's when he formed the Luo Thrift and Trading Company in an effort to boost the economic base of his Luo community. His rise to the top however came after 1952, with the declaration of the state of emergency and consequent arrest and detention of Mzee Kenyatta. With Kenyatta in Prison, he could easily have become Kenya's first president but instead insisted on Kenyatta's release, showing the true nationalist that he was. In 1963, when Kenya became independent, Kenyatta appointed him his Vice President.
In 1969, following a clash with Mzee Kenyatta, Odinga resigned and formed a new party, Kenya People's Union(KPU) that was later proscribed and led to his detention. It was Kenyatta's contention that at that time, Kenya needed only one political party, KANU, in order to keep the country united.
Odinga's struggle for a multi-party state put him in trouble with Kenyatta's successor President Moi who also kept him in detention. The veteran Odinga, resurfaced in the 1990's with the demands for a multi-party system in Kenya. Together with Kenneth Matiba, Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro and others, they founded the Forum for The Restoration of Democracy(FORD), a popular pressure group that forced the Moi administration to adopt Multi-Party politics in Kenya in 1991, with the repeal of section 2A of the constitution.
With FORD also came a brand of young vibrant activist, the likes of James Orengo, Paul Muite, Gitobu Imanyara, and Dr Mukhisa Kituyi. FORD later evolved into a political party and was clearly poised to wrest power from the KANU government in the 1992 General Elections. In a surprise turn of events, Odinga and Matiba parted ways leading to a bitter split in the popular party. Odinga's party became FORD-Kenya while Matiba's became FORD-Asili. Asili is Swahili for "original". The result of this split was a loss for the opposition parties to President Moi's KANU. In the 1992 Elections, Moi got a total of 1,927,640 votes.
Kenneth Matiba(FORD-Asili Party) came in second with 1,354,856 votes, followed by Mwai Kibaki(Democratic Party) who got 1,035,507. Odinga came in fourth with 903,866, well below the expectations of many. Even after his lucklustre showing at the 1992 General Elections, the ageing Odinga still maintained an active role in Kenya's Multi-Party era politics until his untimely death in 1994. He is regarded in many quarters as the father of Multi-Party politics in Kenya because of his long and painful struggle towards that end, and needless to say, will go down in history as a great Kenyan Nationalist and Hero.
Copyright © AfricanTribute.com Inc., 2002
http://kenya740.tripod.com/jaramogi.html
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AIDS : Jaramogi Foundation has helped break culture of fear, silence
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga - Wikipedia
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***** Poetry and Literature of Kenya
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JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA
He is fondly referred to as the Octogenerian of Kenyan politics for his long and productive contribution to the Kenyan political scene. Jaramogi was a very prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence, especially during the period of Mzee Kenyatta's arrest and detention by the colonial government. He was forefront in the clamour for Kenyatta's release, and was graciously rewarded with the Vice-Presidency in Kenyatta's first independent Kenya government.
Together with Tom Mboya, Odinga heads a string of very prominent politicians from the Luo community in Nyanza Province who have played a very significant role in Kenya's politics. His son Raila Odinga, has clearly inherited his political talents and has gone on to establish himself as one of Kenya's leading politicians.
Odinga, like many other prominent Kenyan politicians, got his education at the prestigious Alliance High School. His emergence in the political scene can be traced to the 1940's when he formed the Luo Thrift and Trading Company in an effort to boost the economic base of his Luo community. His rise to the top however came after 1952, with the declaration of the state of emergency and consequent arrest and detention of Mzee Kenyatta. With Kenyatta in Prison, he could easily have become Kenya's first president but instead insisted on Kenyatta's release, showing the true nationalist that he was. In 1963, when Kenya became independent, Kenyatta appointed him his Vice President.
In 1969, following a clash with Mzee Kenyatta, Odinga resigned and formed a new party, Kenya People's Union(KPU) that was later proscribed and led to his detention. It was Kenyatta's contention that at that time, Kenya needed only one political party, KANU, in order to keep the country united.
Odinga's struggle for a multi-party state put him in trouble with Kenyatta's successor President Moi who also kept him in detention. The veteran Odinga, resurfaced in the 1990's with the demands for a multi-party system in Kenya. Together with Kenneth Matiba, Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro and others, they founded the Forum for The Restoration of Democracy(FORD), a popular pressure group that forced the Moi administration to adopt Multi-Party politics in Kenya in 1991, with the repeal of section 2A of the constitution.
With FORD also came a brand of young vibrant activist, the likes of James Orengo, Paul Muite, Gitobu Imanyara, and Dr Mukhisa Kituyi. FORD later evolved into a political party and was clearly poised to wrest power from the KANU government in the 1992 General Elections. In a surprise turn of events, Odinga and Matiba parted ways leading to a bitter split in the popular party. Odinga's party became FORD-Kenya while Matiba's became FORD-Asili. Asili is Swahili for "original". The result of this split was a loss for the opposition parties to President Moi's KANU. In the 1992 Elections, Moi got a total of 1,927,640 votes.
Kenneth Matiba(FORD-Asili Party) came in second with 1,354,856 votes, followed by Mwai Kibaki(Democratic Party) who got 1,035,507. Odinga came in fourth with 903,866, well below the expectations of many. Even after his lucklustre showing at the 1992 General Elections, the ageing Odinga still maintained an active role in Kenya's Multi-Party era politics until his untimely death in 1994. He is regarded in many quarters as the father of Multi-Party politics in Kenya because of his long and painful struggle towards that end, and needless to say, will go down in history as a great Kenyan Nationalist and Hero.
Copyright © AfricanTribute.com Inc., 2002
http://kenya740.tripod.com/jaramogi.html
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AIDS : Jaramogi Foundation has helped break culture of fear, silence
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga - Wikipedia
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***** Poetry and Literature of Kenya
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THE KENYA SAIJIKI
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3/01/2006
OAKS Haiku Club
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The Oaks !
Our group is from Embakasi High School in Kayole, Nairobi.
We are about one kilometre North of Bahati.
We were introduced to Haiku by Patrick Sensei of Bahati Haiku Poetry club and his team of great haiku enthusiasts, the famous Bamboochas.
Haiku is unlike any other form of poetry we have ever known; it has opened our eyes and senses to a world we had hitherto not known: the world of nature and its wonderful seasons.
Even here in Nairobi, in the hustle and bustle, haiku has taught us to pause and observe, and what great sights we have discovered! Our greatest inspiration was the ginkoo on May 27 this year and our greatest experience was meeting The Moderator, Miss Isabelle.
We now long to meet Miss Gabi Greve and the other poets...
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Haiku for the World Cup July 2006
Rebecca Mbithe
parents disagree
over what to watch on TV--
world cup interrupts
Brazil and England
could not reach the semis--
tears are shed
commitments postponed--
friends and families gather
to cheer their stars
everyone hurrying--
televisions out of stock
it is world cup
Geoffrey Wafula
prrrrrt!
France gets a penalty kick
Zidane scores
goooooal!
challenging defender--
Ronaldo scores
John Simala
overcrowded bars--
revellers sip as they cheer
it is world cup
fans throng stadia
to behold cheer and jeer--
world cup fever is here
the battle is on
for the covetted trophy--
the FIFA World Cup
students and workers
skive to watch the event live--
moral support
France and Itally
survive to the finals--
who expected that?
Africans return
tearful and empty-handed--
the title is still elusive
hope still thrives--
South Africa hosts
2010 World Cup
Soccer, Football, Fussball
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Our last World Cup haiku, July 13, 2006:
students play football--
calling themselves Ronaldo
and Ronaldinho
Patrick Wafula
pedestrians wear t-shirts
with Ronaldinho's photo
patriotism
Patrick Wafula
a Japanese boy
play well during finals--
England is defeated
Okwaro
Tony was a good player--
Del Piero scored the last penalty
Italy wins World Cup
Doreen
watching in expectation--
ball against the net
cheerful crowds
Nancy Olande
smiles on their faces
Germany for World Cup
Mexico waves along
Nancy Olande
thronged stadium
filled entertainment spots--
cheering fans.
Nancy Olande
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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The Oaks !
Our group is from Embakasi High School in Kayole, Nairobi.
We are about one kilometre North of Bahati.
We were introduced to Haiku by Patrick Sensei of Bahati Haiku Poetry club and his team of great haiku enthusiasts, the famous Bamboochas.
Haiku is unlike any other form of poetry we have ever known; it has opened our eyes and senses to a world we had hitherto not known: the world of nature and its wonderful seasons.
Even here in Nairobi, in the hustle and bustle, haiku has taught us to pause and observe, and what great sights we have discovered! Our greatest inspiration was the ginkoo on May 27 this year and our greatest experience was meeting The Moderator, Miss Isabelle.
We now long to meet Miss Gabi Greve and the other poets...
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Haiku for the World Cup July 2006
Rebecca Mbithe
parents disagree
over what to watch on TV--
world cup interrupts
Brazil and England
could not reach the semis--
tears are shed
commitments postponed--
friends and families gather
to cheer their stars
everyone hurrying--
televisions out of stock
it is world cup
Geoffrey Wafula
prrrrrt!
France gets a penalty kick
Zidane scores
goooooal!
challenging defender--
Ronaldo scores
John Simala
overcrowded bars--
revellers sip as they cheer
it is world cup
fans throng stadia
to behold cheer and jeer--
world cup fever is here
the battle is on
for the covetted trophy--
the FIFA World Cup
students and workers
skive to watch the event live--
moral support
France and Itally
survive to the finals--
who expected that?
Africans return
tearful and empty-handed--
the title is still elusive
hope still thrives--
South Africa hosts
2010 World Cup
Soccer, Football, Fussball
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Our last World Cup haiku, July 13, 2006:
students play football--
calling themselves Ronaldo
and Ronaldinho
Patrick Wafula
pedestrians wear t-shirts
with Ronaldinho's photo
patriotism
Patrick Wafula
a Japanese boy
play well during finals--
England is defeated
Okwaro
Tony was a good player--
Del Piero scored the last penalty
Italy wins World Cup
Doreen
watching in expectation--
ball against the net
cheerful crowds
Nancy Olande
smiles on their faces
Germany for World Cup
Mexico waves along
Nancy Olande
thronged stadium
filled entertainment spots--
cheering fans.
Nancy Olande
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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2/03/2006
Nairobi Int. Trade Fair
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Nairobi International Trade Fair
***** Location: Nairobi, Kenya
***** Season: End of cool dry season
***** Category: Observances
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Explanation
The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) lays on the Nairobi International Trade Fair at the end of September / beginning of October every year. The Show is held in its permanent grounds in Jamhuri Park, off Ngong Road -- a beautiful old park, planted with tall and shady trees. There are permanent stands for the regular Kenyan exhibitors, as well as an arena, where displays of various skills are performed (e.g. ambulance driving, acrobatics), and there are music and dance shows every day of the week-long event.
The Show is opened by the President of Kenya. Special busesare laid on from the city centre all week. Water supplies in the surrounding housing estates become scarce as the Show goes on, since stands are busy, and both people and animals are fed and watered.
Much of Nairobi flocks to the Show Grounds during the week. School classes come on excursions -- the children enjoy their outing, the song and dance, and the farm animals which many of them may be seeing for the first time. Adults make good use of the trade stands, many with special offers for the Show, many handing out free literature. Much of it is development related material, which can be used in their day to day activities by urban and rural communities.
Exhibitors receive several season tickets, which they give to their staff as special perks, providing a day of free entertainment. Even those on duty at the stands love the week -- the Park is beautiful, the atmosphere happy, and the work stress-free, with plenty of opportunities to meet visiting friends from both Nairobi and up-country.
One of the fun things about walking through the Show Grounds, is watching the excited children, relishing their big day out. Another is the encounter with a tuneful choir, swaying in rhythm to its music. Each major national organisation has its own choir, and thus one year, I met the Kenya Airways Choir, each member dressed in the flight attendant uniform, happily singing in front of the Kenya Airways stand. And I also love walking through halls full of enthusiasts showing off less well-known agricultural activities, such as bee-keeping or rabbit-rearing. Or demonstrating how to press oil from maize with the help of a huge, but entirely mechanical machine.
The Nairobi churches hold their annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services on the Sunday before the Show starts.
The ASK Chairperson delivers the sermon in All Saints' Cathedral, where tractors and farm produce are taken and displayed before they continue their journey to the Show Grounds. Children from Nairobi schools enter the church in a long colourful procession, bearing gifts. They are joined by the members of the congregation, all bringing food items to be donated to various homes for the needy, including the Tujisaidie Nursery School, part of the Cathedral's own Urban Development Programme.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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His Excellency President Daniel Moi, is taken around the 2002 Nairobi International Trade Fair by Director KARI, Dr. Romano M. Kiome (holding microphone).
and a photo of the KARI stand itself
© Copyright Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.
Look at some more photos here:
http://www.kari.org/News_Events_Archives/KARItionalTFair.htm
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2005 Nairobi International Trade Fair
This year’s Nairobi International Trade Fair has attracted more local and international exhibitors than previous times.
The show opened its gates to the public, yesterday with the organisers hoping that the event would attract the highest number of showgoers so far. The fair is the biggest exhibition in East Africa and the sole surviving agricultural show in the region. The number of exhibitors who have shown interest has almost doubled from last year’s.
International participants entering the event for the first time include the US, China, Malaysia and Mozambique. The total number of exhibitors this year is 310, compared to 162 last year. Of these, 79 are foreign exhibitors compared to 44 in 2004.
Yesterday was the fair’s business day, which was graced by Trade and Industry minister Dr Mukhisa Kituyi. Kituyi said the increased number of foreign exhibitors would turn the country into a trade centre in the region. "I am glad that there are many exhibitors from East Africa, which will strengthen the regional customs union," he said.
Kituyi asked the show organisers to encourage greater participation by international exhibitors to make Kenya an "economic powerhouse". in the region. The ministers challenged them to cultivate dialogue between farmers and entrepreneurs to sustain primary producers.
Allan Kisia
(c) East African Standard, 27.09.2005
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=29540
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The Show follows the British tradition of Agricultural Shows, in the beautiful surroundings of Jamhuri Park. The following shows pictures of the prize winning Jersey cattle :
including “Kingscliff Kennedy” - the Champion Bull
and many other bulls
Loook at many more photos here:
http://www.avonteur.com/Nairobi2004JerseyResults.html
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Business slow as Nairobi show opens
The Nairobi International Trade Fair opened its doors to the public yesterday. But business was slow as exhibitors were still putting the final touches to their stands, which the organisers said were cleaner and more colourful than last year's. Roads in the showground were being watered to control dust, while the exhibitors said they were happy with the preparations and hoped they would seal deals during the show.
The minister for Trade and Industry, Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, was the chief guest yesterday.
The number exhibitors has gone up considerably, with 310 local ones, compared to 162 in 2004. The number of foreign stands is 79, up from 44 last year. Foreign countries exhibiting at the fair include China, Malaysia, Tanzania, Mozambique and the US which has set up an agricultural and commercial services stand at the international pavilion. Tanzania has the biggest number of exhibitors in the foreign category, with 46 companies participating.
Dr Kituyi said the large turnout of foreign exhibitors showed their confidence in Kenya an investment destination. The Government, he added, had made sure farmers were supported in their activities despite political distractions.
At the same time, he called on the Yes and No referendum campaigners to conduct their activities "with decency so that they do not unsettle the conducive investment climate."
(c) Daily Nation, 27.09.2005
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=58082
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On 21 November 2005, a referendum will be held on whether to adopt the proposed new Constitution of Kenya. At the time of the Show, the campaign is heating up :
Wananchi (citizens) receive copies of the proposed Constitution at the Nairobi International Trade Fair at Jamuhuri Park yesterday.
Photo 27.09.2005 by: Joan Pereruan
http://www.nationmedia.com/
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More news and photos here :
View The Trade Fair Picture Gallery
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/eca/news_031004_001.asp
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/eca/photo_gallery_TradeFair.asp
Guest of Honor at the Agricultural Society of Kenya Show-WSC Stand
Copyright ©2005 Western Seed Company Ltd.
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Worldwide use
Ireland
Dublin has its own famous agricultural shows, the Spring Show (May) and the Horse Show (August), which are held in the splendid Show Grounds of the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge. These shows have in recent years become dominated by urban visitors, so that rural interest has increasingly shifted to the National Ploughing Championships (September), which has become a huge agricultural show, held in a different location each year.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Things found on the way
Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair - Tanzania
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HAIKU
first encounter --
tiny girl and huge bull
dressed for the Show
season tickets --
our turn for the Show today --
office, good luck!
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Related words
***** Harvest Thanksgiving (Erntedank)
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Nairobi International Trade Fair
***** Location: Nairobi, Kenya
***** Season: End of cool dry season
***** Category: Observances
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Explanation
The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) lays on the Nairobi International Trade Fair at the end of September / beginning of October every year. The Show is held in its permanent grounds in Jamhuri Park, off Ngong Road -- a beautiful old park, planted with tall and shady trees. There are permanent stands for the regular Kenyan exhibitors, as well as an arena, where displays of various skills are performed (e.g. ambulance driving, acrobatics), and there are music and dance shows every day of the week-long event.
The Show is opened by the President of Kenya. Special busesare laid on from the city centre all week. Water supplies in the surrounding housing estates become scarce as the Show goes on, since stands are busy, and both people and animals are fed and watered.
Much of Nairobi flocks to the Show Grounds during the week. School classes come on excursions -- the children enjoy their outing, the song and dance, and the farm animals which many of them may be seeing for the first time. Adults make good use of the trade stands, many with special offers for the Show, many handing out free literature. Much of it is development related material, which can be used in their day to day activities by urban and rural communities.
Exhibitors receive several season tickets, which they give to their staff as special perks, providing a day of free entertainment. Even those on duty at the stands love the week -- the Park is beautiful, the atmosphere happy, and the work stress-free, with plenty of opportunities to meet visiting friends from both Nairobi and up-country.
One of the fun things about walking through the Show Grounds, is watching the excited children, relishing their big day out. Another is the encounter with a tuneful choir, swaying in rhythm to its music. Each major national organisation has its own choir, and thus one year, I met the Kenya Airways Choir, each member dressed in the flight attendant uniform, happily singing in front of the Kenya Airways stand. And I also love walking through halls full of enthusiasts showing off less well-known agricultural activities, such as bee-keeping or rabbit-rearing. Or demonstrating how to press oil from maize with the help of a huge, but entirely mechanical machine.
The Nairobi churches hold their annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services on the Sunday before the Show starts.
The ASK Chairperson delivers the sermon in All Saints' Cathedral, where tractors and farm produce are taken and displayed before they continue their journey to the Show Grounds. Children from Nairobi schools enter the church in a long colourful procession, bearing gifts. They are joined by the members of the congregation, all bringing food items to be donated to various homes for the needy, including the Tujisaidie Nursery School, part of the Cathedral's own Urban Development Programme.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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His Excellency President Daniel Moi, is taken around the 2002 Nairobi International Trade Fair by Director KARI, Dr. Romano M. Kiome (holding microphone).
and a photo of the KARI stand itself
© Copyright Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.
Look at some more photos here:
http://www.kari.org/News_Events_Archives/KARItionalTFair.htm
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2005 Nairobi International Trade Fair
This year’s Nairobi International Trade Fair has attracted more local and international exhibitors than previous times.
The show opened its gates to the public, yesterday with the organisers hoping that the event would attract the highest number of showgoers so far. The fair is the biggest exhibition in East Africa and the sole surviving agricultural show in the region. The number of exhibitors who have shown interest has almost doubled from last year’s.
International participants entering the event for the first time include the US, China, Malaysia and Mozambique. The total number of exhibitors this year is 310, compared to 162 last year. Of these, 79 are foreign exhibitors compared to 44 in 2004.
Yesterday was the fair’s business day, which was graced by Trade and Industry minister Dr Mukhisa Kituyi. Kituyi said the increased number of foreign exhibitors would turn the country into a trade centre in the region. "I am glad that there are many exhibitors from East Africa, which will strengthen the regional customs union," he said.
Kituyi asked the show organisers to encourage greater participation by international exhibitors to make Kenya an "economic powerhouse". in the region. The ministers challenged them to cultivate dialogue between farmers and entrepreneurs to sustain primary producers.
Allan Kisia
(c) East African Standard, 27.09.2005
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=29540
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The Show follows the British tradition of Agricultural Shows, in the beautiful surroundings of Jamhuri Park. The following shows pictures of the prize winning Jersey cattle :
including “Kingscliff Kennedy” - the Champion Bull
and many other bulls
Loook at many more photos here:
http://www.avonteur.com/Nairobi2004JerseyResults.html
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Business slow as Nairobi show opens
The Nairobi International Trade Fair opened its doors to the public yesterday. But business was slow as exhibitors were still putting the final touches to their stands, which the organisers said were cleaner and more colourful than last year's. Roads in the showground were being watered to control dust, while the exhibitors said they were happy with the preparations and hoped they would seal deals during the show.
The minister for Trade and Industry, Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, was the chief guest yesterday.
The number exhibitors has gone up considerably, with 310 local ones, compared to 162 in 2004. The number of foreign stands is 79, up from 44 last year. Foreign countries exhibiting at the fair include China, Malaysia, Tanzania, Mozambique and the US which has set up an agricultural and commercial services stand at the international pavilion. Tanzania has the biggest number of exhibitors in the foreign category, with 46 companies participating.
Dr Kituyi said the large turnout of foreign exhibitors showed their confidence in Kenya an investment destination. The Government, he added, had made sure farmers were supported in their activities despite political distractions.
At the same time, he called on the Yes and No referendum campaigners to conduct their activities "with decency so that they do not unsettle the conducive investment climate."
(c) Daily Nation, 27.09.2005
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=58082
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On 21 November 2005, a referendum will be held on whether to adopt the proposed new Constitution of Kenya. At the time of the Show, the campaign is heating up :
Wananchi (citizens) receive copies of the proposed Constitution at the Nairobi International Trade Fair at Jamuhuri Park yesterday.
Photo 27.09.2005 by: Joan Pereruan
http://www.nationmedia.com/
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More news and photos here :
View The Trade Fair Picture Gallery
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/eca/news_031004_001.asp
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/eca/photo_gallery_TradeFair.asp
Guest of Honor at the Agricultural Society of Kenya Show-WSC Stand
Copyright ©2005 Western Seed Company Ltd.
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Worldwide use
Ireland
Dublin has its own famous agricultural shows, the Spring Show (May) and the Horse Show (August), which are held in the splendid Show Grounds of the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge. These shows have in recent years become dominated by urban visitors, so that rural interest has increasingly shifted to the National Ploughing Championships (September), which has become a huge agricultural show, held in a different location each year.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Things found on the way
Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair - Tanzania
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HAIKU
first encounter --
tiny girl and huge bull
dressed for the Show
season tickets --
our turn for the Show today --
office, good luck!
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Related words
***** Harvest Thanksgiving (Erntedank)
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2/01/2006
Nairobi Bomb Day
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Nairobi Bomb Day (8 August 1998)
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Cold dry season
***** Category: Observances
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Explanation
The picture above is of the Nairobi bomb blast which occured on August 7th1998 - a day Kenyans remember with a lot of sorrow. The bomb went off at 10:30 a.m and was the first in the country's history. The target was the US Embassy in Nairobi and the death toll was more than 200 people with about 4000 seriously wounded. It is believed to have been carried out by some Islamic extremists. The blast literally brought Kenya's capital to a standstill as no one had expected such an occurrence. The 25 story building in focus is the Co-operative Bank of Kenya in which nearly 100 employees lost their lives. At the same time a similar bomb went off in Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Kenya's neighbour Tanzania also just next to the US Embassy.
Photo and text :
http://www.radiobridge.net/www/archive086.html
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The blast in Nairobi occurred about 10:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. EST/0745 GMT). The force of the blast blew off the embassy's bomb-proof doors -- which were later used as stretchers to carry away the injured.
Injured people were rushed from the scene, as a plume of smoke rose above the Nairobi skyline. Windows were shattered as far as 10 blocks away, and bloodied clothing and papers littered the streets. Crowds crawled over the twisted and broken concrete and metal that was once Ufundi House, looking for victims and trying to free trapped people heard crying for help. As darkness fell, studio lights were set up so that the rescue work could continue. "We fear the worst. By the time the rubble is cleared, we expect to find more dead," said Red Cross spokeswoman Nina Galbe. The city's four hospitals were overwhelmed with the injured.
The Kenyan government announced an official five-day mourning period for victims of the bombing and ordered flags lowered to half staff. The government pledged $850,000 to a fund to help survivors and families of the dead.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9808/07/africa.explosions.04/
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At around 10.30 hrs on Friday, 7 August 1998, a huge explosion ripped through the centre of Nairobi. The target was the American Embassy, and the perpetrators were the until then virtually unknown Al Qaeda. One building collapsed, two were almost entirely destroyed, and in a wide radius scores of buildings were severely damaged and could only be ventured into after prior inspection and approval by the city authorities. Two buses were smashed by the explosion, and all passengers and staff killed.
This picture above may have been taken by a builder, working on top of Nairobi' tallest building, the Kenya Times Media Complex, who had a camera with him and the presence of mind to use it. These pictures travelled round the world, a unique recording of the event.
During and in the immediate aftermath of the bomb blast, some 260 people died, and another 5,000 were injured and in need of hospital treatment. Many were blinded in one or both eyes. A minor explosion had preceded the main one, causing people to rush to their office windows to check what had happened -- these windows, as well as computer screens, shattered into people's eyes. Many people spent months in hospitals, and when they were discharged, it was into a changed world.
Nairobians showed themselves exemplary -- those with workable cars spent all days rescuing others and driving them to hospitals, the queues to donate blood were great, people carried each other and encouraged each other even as, one eye witness said afterwards, every square foot of the city centre was drenched in blood that day.
And then, people donated funds, clothes, food, assistance. Counsellors got together and offered to make themselves available, for a period of months, finding bases in all the major churches of the city centre where they could counsel people on a voluntary basis. International aid was received but, per head of the survivors, it was low, and much depended on efforts made by Kenyans themselves. And those efforts were made, willingly and generously. Meanwhile, funerals went on. The last few bodies were identified only with the help of DNA samples.
A fortnight after the bomb blast, a National Memorial Service was held, processing from the bomb site, where the participants laid down single long-stemmed red roses on a heap of rubble, all the way to Uhuru Park. It was a solemn yet beautiful occasion and allowed normality to start returning.
Time has healed some of the wounds. The American Embassy has moved out of the city centre into an area which it can protect more effectively. Ufundi Co-operative House is no more. Co-operative Bank Building has been rebuilt, a showpiece of modern architecture revived. The survivors have learnt to live with their wounds, without their breadwinners, their spouses or their children, with new offices or jobs or troubles.
The bomb site has been turned into the 7 August 1998 Memorial Park, a place of peace and beauty, where a polished stone wall lists the names of all who perished, people of many faiths and denominations, of many tribes and nations, but almost all of them Kenyans.
For my personal story of the bomb and its aftermath, a rather long exchange of e-mails with the group of Godfriends may be read at the site below. It was a Friday, I was on a day off and drove past the site half an hour before the bomb exploded. By the time it did, I was outside Nairobi at a friend's house, and did not realise what had happened until I met total and absolute chaos on my way back in. A chaos through which we lived.
Despite all the horror, there were redeeming moments too, such as the National Memorial Service in Uhuru Park, just outside All Saints' Cathedral where I worked.
http://www.umilta.net/chronicle.html
The pictures below, taken from Press reports, show the Wall of Remembrance in the Memorial Park on 7 August 2005, at the time of the annual remembrance ceremony.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Samwel King'ori (right) leads 70-year-old Pius Maina who was blinded by the US embassy terrorist attack, at the Bomb Blast Memorial Park during the 7th anniversary yesterday. Kingo'ri who walks with the help of a cane sustained serious spinal injuries.
Photo by Noor Khamis
http://www.eastandard.net/archives/cl/default.php?date=8/08/2005
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Rosemary Wanjiku, 9, in deep thought as she sits next to the plaque bearing the names of the victims of the 1998 bomb blast in Nairobi yesterday during the 7th anniversary commemoration. Wanjiku, who was two years old then, and her mother were injured in the blast.
Photo by Joseph Mathenge
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=54650
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Kenyan victims of the August 7, 1998 U.S. embassy bombing sit at a memorial site in the capital Nairobi, July 26, 2005. About a dozen Kenyan victims of the bombing are on hunger-strike at the blast site in central Nairobi to demand payment for medical expenses and other losses they some blind or crippled - say they began their protest 11 days ago at the site of the old diplomatic mission, which is now a memorial park, to draw attention to their plight.
(Antony Njuguna/Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050726/photos_wl/mdf482887;_ylt=AmBU7KFl_.CSvOg%0DuQ2sHPzpg.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA
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A U.S. Marine stands guard outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a huge explosion ripped apart a building in the Kenyan capital, heavily damaging the embassy and killing dozens on Friday.
NEXT click here for more pictures.
Copyright 1998 The New York Times Company
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/080898africa-bombing.html
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More analysis :
http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/aug1998/bomb-a15.shtml
The then American Ambassador, Prudence Bushnell, and the acting DCM at the time of the 1998 bombing, Lucien Vandenbroucke, have also written up their memories of that fateful day :
http://www.afsa.org/fsj/julaug00/Bushnell.cfm
http://www.afsa.org/fsj/jun00/vandenbroucke.cfm
U.S. EMBASSIES BOMBED IN AFRICA
Read a lot more about this subject:
http://www.msu.edu/course/iss/325/stein/terror.htm
More pictures here :
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/080898africa-bombing.html
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050726/photos_wl/mdf482887;_ylt=AmBU7KFl_.CSvOg
uQ2sHPzpg.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA
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Tanzania suffered a smaller bomb on the same day in its commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam.
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Things found on the way
Rose Wanjiku, emblem of the Nairobi bomb tragedy
The mindless cruelty and barbarism of this act was symbolized by what happened to Rose Wanjiku, a tea-lady in one of the Ufundi House offices. After the building collapsed, she remained buried alive for five days as rescuers, including a special unit of Israeli soldiers, worked desperately around the clock in an effort to save her and others. She had communicated constantly with them from beneath the rubble, but died half a day before she was reached.
The tragic futility of her struggle for life touched millions across the world, and in Kenya, the long-stemmed rose became the symbol of the bomb blast victims. The National Memorial Service held two weeks after the outrage included Hindu and Muslim speakers, and the papers were full of praise for all Kenyans, whatever their religion or tribe, for having helped rescue victims in the immediate aftermath.
The site of the explosion itself, now a memorial garden (daily 6am-6pm; Ksh20), has become a place of pilgrimage where, every day, individuals, groups and delegations pay their respects to the victims of the bomb whose names are recorded on a plaque which also expresses the hope that those who died in this tragic event may rest in the knowledge that "it has strengthened our resolve to work for a world in which man is able to live alongside each other in peace
http://dg.ian.com/index.jsp?cid=76355&action=viewLocation&formId=97191
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HAIKU
bomb blast day --
nairobi's roses
ready to die
The Nairobi bomb blast is remembered with the red rose, which became a powerful symbol in the days following the explosion. The last person alive within the collapsed Ufundi Co-operative Building, was a young mother by the name of Rose, whose life the rescue workers, Kenyan and international, desperately tried to save. Having survived for several days in the rubble, she finally died before they could reach her.
Kenya produces huge volumes of roses, mostly for immediate air freight export. It is on days such as St Valentine's Day and for those commemorating the bomb blast day that the Kenyan red rose comes into its own in its own country.
memories
pictures of the blast
so many lives
Isabelle Prondzynski
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One-line linked haiku :
bomb-shattered building under the rubble voices
an unexpected rose but not in time for rose
http://www.marlenemountain.org/1llhaiku/porad/1llh_enclosed_porad.html
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every one who reaches here
falls silent and heads bow--
August bomblast
beautiful whirls of
flowers laid at the memorial park--
August bomblast
a long list
of gone loved ones awaits you
at the gate
who can shut
down all the weapons factories?
we need peace
Patrick Wafula, August 2006
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Related words
***** Peace (amani) Kenya
***** World Peace Day
***** Peace and War as Haiku Topics
***** Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
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Nairobi Bomb Day (8 August 1998)
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Cold dry season
***** Category: Observances
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Explanation
The picture above is of the Nairobi bomb blast which occured on August 7th1998 - a day Kenyans remember with a lot of sorrow. The bomb went off at 10:30 a.m and was the first in the country's history. The target was the US Embassy in Nairobi and the death toll was more than 200 people with about 4000 seriously wounded. It is believed to have been carried out by some Islamic extremists. The blast literally brought Kenya's capital to a standstill as no one had expected such an occurrence. The 25 story building in focus is the Co-operative Bank of Kenya in which nearly 100 employees lost their lives. At the same time a similar bomb went off in Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Kenya's neighbour Tanzania also just next to the US Embassy.
Photo and text :
http://www.radiobridge.net/www/archive086.html
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The blast in Nairobi occurred about 10:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. EST/0745 GMT). The force of the blast blew off the embassy's bomb-proof doors -- which were later used as stretchers to carry away the injured.
Injured people were rushed from the scene, as a plume of smoke rose above the Nairobi skyline. Windows were shattered as far as 10 blocks away, and bloodied clothing and papers littered the streets. Crowds crawled over the twisted and broken concrete and metal that was once Ufundi House, looking for victims and trying to free trapped people heard crying for help. As darkness fell, studio lights were set up so that the rescue work could continue. "We fear the worst. By the time the rubble is cleared, we expect to find more dead," said Red Cross spokeswoman Nina Galbe. The city's four hospitals were overwhelmed with the injured.
The Kenyan government announced an official five-day mourning period for victims of the bombing and ordered flags lowered to half staff. The government pledged $850,000 to a fund to help survivors and families of the dead.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9808/07/africa.explosions.04/
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At around 10.30 hrs on Friday, 7 August 1998, a huge explosion ripped through the centre of Nairobi. The target was the American Embassy, and the perpetrators were the until then virtually unknown Al Qaeda. One building collapsed, two were almost entirely destroyed, and in a wide radius scores of buildings were severely damaged and could only be ventured into after prior inspection and approval by the city authorities. Two buses were smashed by the explosion, and all passengers and staff killed.
This picture above may have been taken by a builder, working on top of Nairobi' tallest building, the Kenya Times Media Complex, who had a camera with him and the presence of mind to use it. These pictures travelled round the world, a unique recording of the event.
During and in the immediate aftermath of the bomb blast, some 260 people died, and another 5,000 were injured and in need of hospital treatment. Many were blinded in one or both eyes. A minor explosion had preceded the main one, causing people to rush to their office windows to check what had happened -- these windows, as well as computer screens, shattered into people's eyes. Many people spent months in hospitals, and when they were discharged, it was into a changed world.
Nairobians showed themselves exemplary -- those with workable cars spent all days rescuing others and driving them to hospitals, the queues to donate blood were great, people carried each other and encouraged each other even as, one eye witness said afterwards, every square foot of the city centre was drenched in blood that day.
And then, people donated funds, clothes, food, assistance. Counsellors got together and offered to make themselves available, for a period of months, finding bases in all the major churches of the city centre where they could counsel people on a voluntary basis. International aid was received but, per head of the survivors, it was low, and much depended on efforts made by Kenyans themselves. And those efforts were made, willingly and generously. Meanwhile, funerals went on. The last few bodies were identified only with the help of DNA samples.
A fortnight after the bomb blast, a National Memorial Service was held, processing from the bomb site, where the participants laid down single long-stemmed red roses on a heap of rubble, all the way to Uhuru Park. It was a solemn yet beautiful occasion and allowed normality to start returning.
Time has healed some of the wounds. The American Embassy has moved out of the city centre into an area which it can protect more effectively. Ufundi Co-operative House is no more. Co-operative Bank Building has been rebuilt, a showpiece of modern architecture revived. The survivors have learnt to live with their wounds, without their breadwinners, their spouses or their children, with new offices or jobs or troubles.
The bomb site has been turned into the 7 August 1998 Memorial Park, a place of peace and beauty, where a polished stone wall lists the names of all who perished, people of many faiths and denominations, of many tribes and nations, but almost all of them Kenyans.
For my personal story of the bomb and its aftermath, a rather long exchange of e-mails with the group of Godfriends may be read at the site below. It was a Friday, I was on a day off and drove past the site half an hour before the bomb exploded. By the time it did, I was outside Nairobi at a friend's house, and did not realise what had happened until I met total and absolute chaos on my way back in. A chaos through which we lived.
Despite all the horror, there were redeeming moments too, such as the National Memorial Service in Uhuru Park, just outside All Saints' Cathedral where I worked.
http://www.umilta.net/chronicle.html
The pictures below, taken from Press reports, show the Wall of Remembrance in the Memorial Park on 7 August 2005, at the time of the annual remembrance ceremony.
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Samwel King'ori (right) leads 70-year-old Pius Maina who was blinded by the US embassy terrorist attack, at the Bomb Blast Memorial Park during the 7th anniversary yesterday. Kingo'ri who walks with the help of a cane sustained serious spinal injuries.
Photo by Noor Khamis
http://www.eastandard.net/archives/cl/default.php?date=8/08/2005
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Rosemary Wanjiku, 9, in deep thought as she sits next to the plaque bearing the names of the victims of the 1998 bomb blast in Nairobi yesterday during the 7th anniversary commemoration. Wanjiku, who was two years old then, and her mother were injured in the blast.
Photo by Joseph Mathenge
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=54650
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Kenyan victims of the August 7, 1998 U.S. embassy bombing sit at a memorial site in the capital Nairobi, July 26, 2005. About a dozen Kenyan victims of the bombing are on hunger-strike at the blast site in central Nairobi to demand payment for medical expenses and other losses they some blind or crippled - say they began their protest 11 days ago at the site of the old diplomatic mission, which is now a memorial park, to draw attention to their plight.
(Antony Njuguna/Reuters)
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A U.S. Marine stands guard outside the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, after a huge explosion ripped apart a building in the Kenyan capital, heavily damaging the embassy and killing dozens on Friday.
NEXT click here for more pictures.
Copyright 1998 The New York Times Company
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/080898africa-bombing.html
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More analysis :
http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/aug1998/bomb-a15.shtml
The then American Ambassador, Prudence Bushnell, and the acting DCM at the time of the 1998 bombing, Lucien Vandenbroucke, have also written up their memories of that fateful day :
http://www.afsa.org/fsj/julaug00/Bushnell.cfm
http://www.afsa.org/fsj/jun00/vandenbroucke.cfm
U.S. EMBASSIES BOMBED IN AFRICA
Read a lot more about this subject:
http://www.msu.edu/course/iss/325/stein/terror.htm
More pictures here :
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/080898africa-bombing.html
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Tanzania suffered a smaller bomb on the same day in its commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam.
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Things found on the way
Rose Wanjiku, emblem of the Nairobi bomb tragedy
The mindless cruelty and barbarism of this act was symbolized by what happened to Rose Wanjiku, a tea-lady in one of the Ufundi House offices. After the building collapsed, she remained buried alive for five days as rescuers, including a special unit of Israeli soldiers, worked desperately around the clock in an effort to save her and others. She had communicated constantly with them from beneath the rubble, but died half a day before she was reached.
The tragic futility of her struggle for life touched millions across the world, and in Kenya, the long-stemmed rose became the symbol of the bomb blast victims. The National Memorial Service held two weeks after the outrage included Hindu and Muslim speakers, and the papers were full of praise for all Kenyans, whatever their religion or tribe, for having helped rescue victims in the immediate aftermath.
The site of the explosion itself, now a memorial garden (daily 6am-6pm; Ksh20), has become a place of pilgrimage where, every day, individuals, groups and delegations pay their respects to the victims of the bomb whose names are recorded on a plaque which also expresses the hope that those who died in this tragic event may rest in the knowledge that "it has strengthened our resolve to work for a world in which man is able to live alongside each other in peace
http://dg.ian.com/index.jsp?cid=76355&action=viewLocation&formId=97191
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HAIKU
bomb blast day --
nairobi's roses
ready to die
The Nairobi bomb blast is remembered with the red rose, which became a powerful symbol in the days following the explosion. The last person alive within the collapsed Ufundi Co-operative Building, was a young mother by the name of Rose, whose life the rescue workers, Kenyan and international, desperately tried to save. Having survived for several days in the rubble, she finally died before they could reach her.
Kenya produces huge volumes of roses, mostly for immediate air freight export. It is on days such as St Valentine's Day and for those commemorating the bomb blast day that the Kenyan red rose comes into its own in its own country.
memories
pictures of the blast
so many lives
Isabelle Prondzynski
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One-line linked haiku :
bomb-shattered building under the rubble voices
an unexpected rose but not in time for rose
http://www.marlenemountain.org/1llhaiku/porad/1llh_enclosed_porad.html
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every one who reaches here
falls silent and heads bow--
August bomblast
beautiful whirls of
flowers laid at the memorial park--
August bomblast
a long list
of gone loved ones awaits you
at the gate
who can shut
down all the weapons factories?
we need peace
Patrick Wafula, August 2006
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Related words
***** Peace (amani) Kenya
***** World Peace Day
***** Peace and War as Haiku Topics
***** Hiroshima Day also: Nagasaki Day, Japan
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