Ich habe dieser Tage eine alte Aufzeichnung einer Lesung von Walter Kempowski im Radio gehört, der ja vor kurzem nach langer Krankheit verstorben ist.
Ebenso wie Kemposwki, verstarb dieses Jahr auch mein Vater im Januar, kurze Zeit später der von mir sehr geschätzte Journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski – und jetzt vor kurzem leider auch Hans Otte, der [...]

Seriously…what else can one comment on the current situation of the outcome of the elections in Kenya in 2007?
There’s so much anger, so many hopes lost just because some guys have once again (!) taken Kenyans and the World for a huge ride.
I hope the European Union will not even dare to confirm “fair” elections.
This [...]

Some cartoons are never outdated…thx Gado!
I WISH ALL OF YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS & PEACEFUL ELECTIONS!

A post over at Ory’s Realm inspired me to create the following mashup of logos as used by the registered (Kenyan) political parties for the upcoming elections. All logos were copied 1:1 from a publication available online (PDF, 1.6 MB) from the ECK website and the listing isn’t complete as not all parties published their [...]

I had an urgent desire this morning to blog about something that would prolly come close to a *what-if-Raila-wins*-scenario, dealing with questions like “Who will organise the opposition then?”, “Who will organise the Intelligence Network?”, “How will Kenya benefit of such a situation”, etc. – but then I am not really the right person to [...]

Hier jetzt mal etwas ganz anderes, nämlich eine *Wie-geht-das?*-Anleitung für meine Mum und andere (ältere) Freunde, die neben dem Internet immer noch gerne in der Papierausgabe ihrer Lieblingszeitung stöbern.
Eines auch gleich vorweg: es gibt im Internet viele Möglichkeiten, um an Informationen heranzukommen. Diese Anleitung ist nicht all-umfassend und sicherlich auch nicht der beste Weg, aber [...]

Dear Mr. President,
this is exactly why I will only marry once.
Aka eri ni nyungu igiri cia utugi and I am sure there are many other Gikuyu proverbs that will fit into this scheme…

Fellow blogger Ed Cross dropped me an e-mail, informing me about his page on contemporary African art “African Works“.
Well…saniblog.org came in between, but otherwise: I’d love to open an open, multi-authored blog dedicated to art works from East Africa. What I’ve seen online so far are just single artists being promoted by someone or themselves, [...]