The biological father. Later on I learned in the US that the children of unmarried mothers knew their biological fathers and the fathers attended to their activities wherever the child lived. In our time, it wasn’t so in the Gīkūyū community. Once a mother wasn’t married to the father of her baby, the guy paid […]
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The snow sleet. I had not seen snow before, neither knew of the sleet. I was dressed in summer clothes on a very cold winter morning and wearing sandals. And I was walking to school and stepped on the slit and I fell backward and I was hit hard on my end of the bottom
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School begins. In the spring semester 1984, we all began school. The late Jotham Wandu joined the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC), and the children went to Oglethorpe Elementary school which was located next to ITC. I attended Morris Brown College, which was close to both ITC and Oglethorpe Elementary. Thus, our life’s journey in the
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The weather. We dressed in summer clothes. Inside airports at Amsterdam and Atlanta were heating, we were warm. The Ben family, our close friends, received us upon our arrival at Hartsfield Airport, and they came along with a few other Kenyans. Our first stop after landing would be the Ben family house. Soon after we
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Naomi in the Moab Diaspora – Book of Ruth My spouse. About eight years ago, I lost my spouse. The story of Naomi in the Bible bridges some connections to my own life. Naomi’s husband and two sons died in the diaspora. I would like to share those relations today. Naomi lived in Moab, diaspora
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At a young age, my father lost his share in the clan land because he was in the detention during the war of the independence, Mau Mau, in Kenya. Later in life, he was able to acquire some property for him and his family, and when he grew old, my father did something almost similar
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As soon as you buy a new car, it begins depreciating with time and use; it leaves the car shop to the buyer’s home and starts losing value. A newborn baby is created by new cells, which later intern advances them into an adult. A car is serviced according to the manual instructions. For example,
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Ages three to four Going back in time, when I was about three or four years old, I remember my mother told me I was a Gĩkũyũ little girl. Up to now, I have not advised otherwise. I am still a Gĩkũyũ and as well as a Gĩkũyũ mother and grandmother. The Gĩkūyū tribe is
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In the 18th century, the changes experienced in Kenya, as well as the world, trickled down to my own family. My parents were both last born in their families, and their parents, my grandparents, unable to pay their taxes, so they stopped working on their farm. To earn a living and afford the fees, they
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My father was deployed to fight in World War II (WWII) for the colonial British – he was a newlywed with one son at the time. Fortunately, he survived the war and returned home a born-again Christian. He joined the Anglican Church and firmly believed that indulging in alcoholic drinks was a sin. He reunited
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