HeyJaredThe Armchair Journalist
Commentaries and observations about what matters to me, often unexpected.
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The Personal is Political (opens the original)
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Jambo (opens the original)
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Jambo. Hello. It is the password for Kenyan life. Jambo. Almost always, with a smile.Kenyans speak three languages: Swahili, English, and the languages of their mother-tribe, of which there are forty-two. I went with little preconception of what the country or the people were like. Yes, there was the visual poverty that one sees in other countries with a climate that allows more street life. But there was an awareness of the value of their ecology. I spent most of my time at two national reserve
Getting Personal (opens the original)
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