View of Lake Nakuru

Out of Africa

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December 14th 2005
" I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills... The geographical position and the height of the land combined to create a landscape that had not its like in all the world. There was no fat on it and no luxuriance anywhere; it was Africa distilled up through six thousand feet, like the strong and refined essence of a continent. The colours were burnt and dry, like colours in ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Nairobi Province » Nairobi

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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