Poem

June 16th, 2008 by Neema | No Comments

untitled In Kenya where armies of tires and rocks burning, arrows and pangas bloody, fight to quench hate, renew apathy; in Ukambani the wind blows at will, as usual, kerosene is up, regardless, men and women continue their pleas to their sky and God for rain. Later in the starry darkness, they listen closely to [...]


African Crises

May 25th, 2008 by Neema | No Comments

I’m intrigued to note that the International Media blitz that accompanied Kenya’s 2008 crisis does not seem to replicate itself for the current break out in South Africa. A friend of mine, Rev. LaDonna Sanders is part of The Ubuntu project in South Africa. She wrote to her network of wellwishers in the US and [...]