Category Archives: literature

Asiyefunzwa na mamaye, hufunzwa na ulimwengu.

As twittered earlier, these books shall enhance my chances for a seat at the Kenyan parliament (no work, taxfree income, free car) – or at least raise my mzungu status within the Kenyan blogosphere.

Now, would you please excuse me, …

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Lessing

“We are in a fragmenting culture, where our certainties of even a few decades ago are questioned and where it is common for young men and women who have had years of education, to know nothing about the world, …

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der Stapel

Jetzt bin ich schon fast drei Wochen in meiner alten dreiJahresHeimat Frankfurt am Main – und habe natürlich erstmal einen richtigen Stapel kostenloser Zeitschriften und Flyer angesammelt.

Das sind aber auch genau diese Kleinigkeiten, die es bei uns aufm Land …

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HelloHowRUIAmFineOkGoodBye

It’s almost like as if they are already keeping the thumb on the phone’s red button.

Trying to call someone in Nairobi from abroad is easy and cheap, lakini most jamaas there – it seems – are used to 10 …

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rumba…

Steve already received his copy the other day, and since I found a perfect deal to secure mine for only 10,- EUR, I just couldn’t resist…
For more literature on contemporary music from the continent, here’s an interesting PDF (~0,2 …

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