Category Archives: ngoma

Nairobi lowdown

Posted on June 6, 2006 by jke

“The best of the City in the Sun” as promised by a (relatively) new blog: Nairobi Lowdown. This might also be of interest to those Kenyans in exile (“Exilkenianer”, as my friend Turbodave calls them) who always wanted to know … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, maisha, ngoma, style | 7 Comments

Creative Zen Vision:M

Posted on April 14, 2006 by jke

Just a small review/comment from my side on this portable media player (PMP) Creative Zen Vision:M (ZVM) which was given to me (for use) two days ago. Whereas there are few good and detailed reviews out there on the internet … Continue reading →

Posted in ngoma, technology | 8 Comments

matata?

Posted on March 10, 2006 by jke

Shida. …so I spent the best part of the day trying to configure a new (great!) theme for my wp-powered blog, lakini there’s no real good template/theme out there which works the way I want it unless I invest a … Continue reading →

Posted in east africa, ngoma, webstuff | 4 Comments

more on AFT…

Posted on March 9, 2006 by jke

Various hits from blogafrica.com today (thx, afroM!), which included a very nice audio stream of an Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté performance via (the feed of) "Imagens de África", made me realize that I also still have some bootleg … Continue reading →

Posted in africa, ngoma | 3 Comments

Au revoir, AFT

Posted on March 7, 2006 by jke

"For some people, when you say ‘Timbuktu,’ it is like the end of the world, but that is not true. I am from Timbuktu, and I can tell you we are right at the heart of the world." – Ali … Continue reading →

Posted in africa, ngoma | 8 Comments