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1) The matatu
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A young boy takes a ride on the matatu bus with his grandfather for his fifth birthday, and along the way his grandfather tells him the story of why dogs chase the bus, goats run from it, and sheep pay no attention to it.
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Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl Markham is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild and an inherent understanding of nature's delicate balance. But even the wild child must grow up, and when everything Beryl knows and trusts dissolves, she is catapulted into...
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The half-sister of President Barack Obama describes her childhood in a remote Kenyan village and her relationships with their father, half-brother, and stepmother, tracing her cultural struggles in England before she returned to Africa to work for CARE International.
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The amazing true story of the orphaned baby hippo and 130-year-old giant turtle whose remarkable friendship touched millions around the world.The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphan hippo and the elderly tortoise adopted each...
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1898, Tsavo River Kenya, the British Empire has employed 140 workers to build a railroad bridge. The bridge's construction comes to a violent halt when two mane less lions devour all 140 workers in a savage feeding frenzy that would make headlines-and history-all over the world. Caputo's Ghosts of Tsavo is a new quest for truth about the origins of these near-mythical animals and how they became predators of human flesh.
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Mosquitoes don't bite Nala Simiyu. It's part of who she is, like being a half-Kenyan seventh-grader whose mother is in a wheelchair. But Nala's ability to repel mosquitoes attracts the interest of drug company scientists. Soon she's on a trip to Kenya to help investigate mosquito resistance in her father's family. Danger -- and a kidnapper -- intervene. Brave, fallible, compassionate and spirited, Nala is a strongly relatable character in a loving,...
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Jambo, Kenya is known by many as the home of the best long distance runners. Other than producing some of the best athletes in the world, this country also has beautiful tourist destinations. From the idyllic coastal region to the expansive Rift valley region, this country certainly has its fair share of magnificence! Although it’s known for its amazing wildlife and panoramic views, this great nation has many other aspects that make it the ultimate...
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Kenya is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Travel through ancient lands to witness some of the world's greatest wildlife spectaculars, climb a volcano or two, or sail in a magnificent dhow to seemingly unknown islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kenya and begin...
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Shadows on the Grass includes four stories that shed light on the author's love for both the beauty and wilderness of Africa, and for the African people, their dignity and traditions. Written 30-years after she left Africa, Dinesen's stories have a beautiful way of describing the world around her.
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"John Boyes...has had as many hair-raising adventures as any one in the world who has lived to tell the tale, for at one time was virtually king of the savage Kikuyu tribe." -Boston Globe, Nov. 9, 1912
"John Boys...was the actual controlling power for several years in a great region into which before no white man had been allowed...he entered the hostile territory practically alone...had to do a lot of fighting to gain his ascendancy...he was in...
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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre.
D'abord les paysages. Puis l'envoûtement. Du Kenya, le visiteur garde irrévocablement l'image de cette fracture géologique du Rift, assénée telle un coup de poing. Le Kenya ou l'Afrique en miroir. Toute l'Afrique, résumée dans l'histoire d'un pays et dans ses convulsions depuis l'indépendance.
Le Kenya est indissociable de son mythe, entretenu par le cinéma et les récits...
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Culture Smart! Kenya provides a cultural bridge that will carry you beyond the gloss of the hotels and deep into the warp and weft of everyday life; beyond the game parks and into the intricacies of community and wildlife coexistence; beyond the bounds of tourism and into the freedom of cultural understanding and exchange. A true "insider's take" gleaned over years of living and working in the country, it delivers key insights into the forces, ancient...
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"Captain Stigand is one of the most noted of recent African big game hunters and explorers." -Theodore Roosevelt
"Goes into considerable detail on hunting techniques...is high adventure as well, written by one of the most colorful characters in African history...reputed the most physically powerful officer in the British army...obsessed with danger, which may account for his seeking out the elephant...met his end at the wrong end of a spear." -Austin-American...
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"Edward White's 'The Rediscovered Country' is one of the best books of travel and hunting published in a long time...records...the existence of an immense region swarming with game and forgotten by the world since a few German officials many years ago." -Idaho Statesman, August 7, 1915
"The Rediscovered Country is a true tale of hunting experiences in what was the last virgin territory in Africa; a country teeming with game, which had never before...
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"His descriptions of the experiences he had in the wilds of the African bush are thrilling...one of the few Americans who were admitted to the closed territory before the coming of Roosevelt." -El Paso Herald, March 10, 1910
"Bronson obtained permission of the British Government to make a journey through its 'closed territory' in search of big game...not only a sportsman but an excellent writer...highly entertaining book of adventure." -San Francisco...
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In 1895 the Imperial Government took over the administration of British East Africa; the company ceased to exist, and subsequently Sidney Langford Hinde (1863-1930) became Resident and Collector of Masailand. He had many opportunities of obtaining information concerning this unique and interesting people, and, assisted by Mrs. Hinde, has embodied the results of his gleanings in the present volume, his book 1901 book "The last of the Masai."
The Masai...
19) Muzungu
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Muzungu, the Swahili word for white folk, translated literally means "confused person wandering about." During the author's months working and traveling through Kenya, this description fits her to a tee. Her audacious Kenyan adventure makes for a bucket load of anecdotes and impressions born of heart and hands-on experience–enough to knock your socks off. The devil in Africa is in the details, and Muzungu is there in the trenches - raw, down and...
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Dr. Rainsford's 1909 book "The Land of the Lion " is a record of the twelve or thirteen months spent in the hunting domains of East Africa-an account of the huntsman's quest for big game and final triumphs.
After walking more than 4000 miles during a year's hunting trip in Africa, Dr. William S. Rainsford, nationally known as the former rector of St. George's Church, New York, was properly to be regarded as an authority on the game possibilities...
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