Daniel Nduati’s phone was ringing when he and his brother, Peter, met me in Dagoretti on a recent afternoon. I’d come to visit the rescue shelter the two young men had opened for children displaced by the new year’s violence, but an unrelated matter came up first. “There’s a lady who says she wants to [...]
A house is a home
Njoro, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, July 2005 I came upon this woman building her new house while walking thru the outskirts of Njoro. Not only pleased with her new home and joyfully working at it, she seemed happy to have a witness, inviting me to photograph her. A house is a house is a home. [...]
Street Scene
Nairobi, Kenya, August 2005 I wanted to make a photograph of the density of activity I had seen in many places. I liked the mixture of colours, the industrious number of people conducting business of every sort. As the street disappears in the background, into the late afternoon light, the trading continues almost as far [...]
Mercy’s Mission
For three days after the hurried December announcement that Kibaki was to be president, Mercy Gichangi sat in her house, stunned and afraid. As 2007 gave way to 2008 she could find no cause for celebration. All around her, chaos was in charge. Day and night she could hear shouts and wailing, could see bashed-in [...]
Vuma Kenya
Vuma Kenya is an events inspired initiative based on mobilizing citizens globally to create awareness and spread the message that together we can make changes. Founded by Harvard medical student Karimi Gituma, Vuma focuses on bringing people in the “diaspora” together with different charity organisations trying to reach out.at a grassroots level in Kenya. She [...]
The Kenyan Diaspora Takes Action
GRACE, ‘BABY BRIAN’ AND THE HUMANISATION OF THE INHUMANE It is a great pity we don’t know/ When the dead are going to die/So that, over a last companionable/ Drink, we could tell them/ How much we liked them – Bernard O’Donoghue, ‘Going Without Saying’ There are certain types of violence and suffering that can [...]
The Preacher of Peace
Soon after the post-election violence in Kenya started, Ochieng’ Nyawire took up the role of roving peace-maker in the streets of his Kiambui neighbourhood, armed only with his Bible and his prayers. He argued endlessly for peace, facing down angry police officers and equally angry neighbours as he preached reconciliation and calm even at the [...]
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