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Bole' Bole' Bara Bara Baya Sana!!!

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January 14th 2007
So its midnight and I'm talking with the Maasai warrior outside my tent (don't all good stories start that way?)... Seriously...He's the camp askari or security and I feel safe from the predators and hyenas and charging rhinos because he showed me his bow and arrow, his poison, his small sword, and his rungu or heavy wooden club. Evidently Maasai men are known around here as fierce warriors. ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Masai Mara NP

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more