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Once upon a time in Kenya

 

Sporting spotlight on Goans in East Africa

  Sporting Spotlight on Goans in East Africa by Saude George   Year after year flickers by like a film of memory and we are now on the threshold of a great and unknown period. Whatever it brings, let us hope it will have for its symbol true human brotherhood and understanding. For our Institute, this year will be significant in a historical sense. I am convinced that here, all the Goans are provided a common ground and the members in general, do their utmost to ensure that high standard of service, that is a characteristic of the Goan Community EQUALLY PROFICIENT ON AND OFF THE FIELD To judge from frequently expressed opinions, coupled with the fact that the Goans take part in many varied events, supports the contention that, the Goans are not only the most sports-minded people in East Africa and for that matter all over, but are equally proficient on and off the field in all departments of sport. Football and hockey monopolise the attention of the majority of our ...

Postcards from Kenya

 

Yesterday's Kenya + a visitor

  I spent two gorgeous weeks travelling around Kenya game parks with these Swiss beauties (including 10 Swiss snappers). Took a photo of one of them atop a resident rhino in Tsavo National Park. an unforgettable memory.

Swahili the University view!

Swahili: Kenya v Tanzania Tanzania    According to the official national linguistic policy announced in 1984,   Swahili   is the language of the social and political sphere as well as primary and adult ... English is also well-spoken. Kenyahowever us a multilingual country. The two official languages of Kenya, Swahili and English are widely spoken as lingua francas; how ever, including second-language speakers, Swahili is more widely spoken than English. (The quality of spoken English is astounding. Most English speakers, especially journalists, business leaders, and politicians, use the BBC accent and it is quite brilliant.} From the University of  Wisconsin: When learning Swahili and spending time in East African countries, one might realize that there are some differences between the way people speak Swahili across places. The first differences that occur to some Swahili students might be between the Swahili spoken in Kenya as compared to Tanzania, betw...