Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Images of Kenya: The People

Because I have so many photos to share, and because they give a literal picture of Kenya that speaks louder than words, the next few posts will be nothing but photos.  This post will focus on the people of Kenya, who are as beautiful and diverse as the landscapes are.


a Maasai man with his cattle on the savannah


a mother and son bring an offering 
during a Sunday morning church service


how babies are carried by their mothers


children gathered in the church yard


a worker at a children's home making chapatis


mothers singing and dancing at a celebration 
for their sons who were recently circumcised


a typical donkey cart along the road


men on a dhow at the coast, 
at the Indian Ocean


waiting for tourists to want a camel ride on the beach


taking a much-deserved break from plowing by hand,
getting ready for rainy season


choir performs at a funeral


playing in the tea fields at the family shamba (farm)


worshiping at church


househelpers in our community


teacher at a children's home, 
teaching Swahili words


in primary school


selling vegetables along the roadside


workers picking tea in the fields


plowing the fields


wearing their Sunday best