passionate about my country Kenya and working to make others appreciate that we are beautiful people and we can make it.# unity #Seeking the kingdom of love
Initially rejected by publishers because it was “too African,” Ugandan author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has won a $165,000 award for her debut novel “Kintu”: https://t.co/UU5w743BkE
This was Thomas Sankara criticising France and its involvement in coups in Africa, and installing puppets.
He also schools French President Francois Mitterrand when he visited Burkina Faso in 1986 on human rights and how France condones apartheid.
He was killed the next year.
Real leaders have a sense of history. They read it, study it, analyze it, apply it...all while considering what new approaches might work while being mindful of what has & hasn’t worked in the past.
They apply the expression: “If you want a new idea, first read an old book.”
Toddlers should be allowed to be in bed for MINIMUM 8 hrs. The rush by elite middle class for 'performance' is seeing kids as young as 3 picked up by school buses at 3am, 4am. This is a serious abuse on the health of kids.
#LetKidsSleep
SAD!!!
Today I met this forgotten Hero in Maralal, Samburu County.
BENSON LOKORWA, a Prison warder is a former world champion with records in 10 Kms, 25 Kms, Half Marathon races.
The guy really needs help.
Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has its own beauty. And it is much better that we live together on the basis of mutual respect and mutual admiration.
During slavery, the most forbidden weapon for slaves was knowledge. Slavemasters understood that their social control of the slaves could not be based solely on physical coercion. Knowledge was power.
#BlackHistoryMonth
What’s past is past, nothing can change that. But the future can be different if we choose to make it so. We have to cultivate a vision of a happier, more peaceful future and make the effort now to bring it about. This is no time for complacency, hope lies in the action we take.