sawa sawa afro music /poetry event

This year Black Uhuru (Jamaica), Youssou N'Dour (Senegal), Mahotella Queens (South Africa), body percussionists Percus Normades (Benin), Habana Sax (Cuba) and Beef (Netherlands), Rajeswari Sainath (India) alongside Kenyan stars will give revelers a thrilling performance of its kind ever witnessed in Kenya on this coming or is it..next weekend??.i.e
Saturday's event(31st May) at the Nairobi Arboretum.

It will be a family day of Afro modern entertainment that is open to the public. Youssou N'Dour, Mahotella Queens and Percus Nomades along with some of Kenya's renowned artists like Kanji, Makadem and the Sarakasi Artistes will give the audience a sterling performance. To accommodate all this action will be 3 stages; The main stage, The Acrobatic/ Dance Stage and the Youth/ Open Mic Stage.


Sasini Opens another Coffee Lounge at the Museum of Kenya;Savannah NMK Lounge

Late last year, Sasini Tea and Coffee Company, more known for its growth and export of Kenyan tea and coffee, opened one of its many chain coffee lounges to be set up both in Nairobi as well as Dubai and London. The lounge was an instant success for many coffee lovers who were looking for more venue varieties, value add and the ultimate ambiance.

Barely 5 months after opening their first lounge, Sasini recently unveiled yet another coffee lounge slightly away from Nairobi's CBD.
Dobet Gnahoré; Diva from Côte d'Ivoire in Concert @ Alliance Française,

Dobet Gnahoré, a singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast, inherited the force of the "Bété" tradition from her father, Boni Gnahoré, a master percussionist who plays with the Abidjan-based Ki-Yi Mbock Company, directed by Werewere Liking. Dobet sings in a range of African languages including Bété, Fon, Baoule, Lingala, Malinke, Mina or Bambara, thereby reproducing the Pan-African tradition of the Ki Yi Mbock group.
Rhythm & Spoken Poetry @ Dass-- Friday May 16th, 08

Rhythm & Spoken
Poetry and open mic night
Dass Ethiopian restaurant, Westlands
Date: Friday May 16th 2008
The 10th Daughter of Gĩkũyũ & Mũmbi - Children of Lone Soldiers

We are the 10th daughter of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
The one spoken of in low hashed tones,
With eyes full of sadistic pity
The one who, without a husband bore outcasts,
Casting on stone the traits of children born of men but not of fathers.

Hey Girls..THis is to You!

CAUTION!
Consistency is not behaving the same way all the time, It is behaving the same way under similar circumstances.

THE LETTER

Patience! I beg of you to bear
In kindness with tender loving care
Extend it to us
For our Innocence is marked as ignorance
Our natural dispositions exalted more than our propensities
and being a man sometimes gets in our own way
You are still girls and in our world
you deserve more than diamonds and pearls
that much we know , but also
where our words fall short
our thoughts of you suffices
where our actions fail to play
our hearts pays the sacrifice
and where our realities hides in fantasies
our novice loving still to you, entices

So we ask?

what is wrong yet acceptable?
when is you NO sometimes YES?
help us decipher and not guess..
When is "still and quiet" read "seething mad"?
How does happy becomes not glad?
plz come translates go away
sit with me but don't talk
stay away but don't stray!
Help us understand your folk!

Secrets,Insights,..anything?I beg of you to share
For men are just small babies trapped in big bodies
and I'm one with no apologies

(Specifically..)
Can I take a journey thru your mind
and sort out stuff that makes me blind?
For my clues about you sometimes ain't true
and now i'm feeling worn out and blue
and this ain't cool cuz I see u as my only boo.

-HELP!-HELP!-HELP!

Can that be loud enough?
so please don't go running around to your friends
saying this and that about my loose endz
but take time and help a brutha out
for our milestone will be made
with just simple advice
that won't despise
but will sympathize and empathize
to teach some dude called jazz!

-END-

FYI

*(The thoughts and views expressed in the piece above are not exclusively the writer's own but of countless of bruthaz out there who feel women aren't that complicated but our knowledge about them is extremely underrated!)

J moss!

I am currently feeling j. Moss' music ...I mean This guy's deep..

read more about his story on his website printed on his tee above(www.insidejmoss.com)


God Bless!

B.U.D.D.I.E.Z

My list of needs and Wants for 2008!

I want to be me; I need to be me!
I want to know the truth even if it deeply tears and not so kind to my ears!
I want to reach to my potential even of its so hard to see thru the daily obstacles.
I need to rise above my weaknesses even if they keep popping up when least expected!
I want to see the blessings of the day even if the sun fails to shine and the flowers deny us their precious blossom!
I want to know the true meaning of love the one that only comes from above!
I want to share genuine laughter and never feign Even if gloom beckons irritatingly time and time again!
I want to see beauty even if its pretty!
I want to see in me a person of importance even if everything and everyone around me , I lie Insignificant!

I want to keep hope alive even if its dream keeps fading!
I need to keep singing the song of my heart even if its tune its not that lovely!
I want to keep running the race because I've been given the grace to reach the highest of places!
I want to be the possible where men have gone , tried and now say its impossible!
I want to know God; I need to know God!
I want to be the frame to her being the lovely picture!
I want to drink from the cup of wisdom so that I can taste the joy of true freedom!
I want to embrace the melody of life and dance and not wish with bitter regret that I missed the chance!
I want to keep the Heavenly Statuettes even if it wont be such an easy etiquette!
I want to see my hard earned victory to my life long bitter-sweet story!
I need to overcome my stubborn fears even if it'll take more than a year!
I want to know more for me to grow and reach the heights i've never reached before!

I want peace in Kenya ; Love and Unity ...with tolerance for one another!
I want to give with all my heart even if I run the risk of getting hurt!
I want to be the change I pray the world to be!
I just want more than I can ever have but that up to God to give according to His purposes and Immeasurable Love!
I want to be me : I need to be me!

-Not the End-

Sweet Girl, May I?,Can I?....

Preamble

Can perfection be more than perfect?
Can reality be sweeter than the Fiction?
Can beauty be all-together this lovely?
Its in the warmth of your hand
the twisting;the styling of your dark hair
your endearing persona
that soft voice
those cute eyes
that makes me truly smitten and thats no lie...

So pardon me for asking but......

May I carry u everyday in my mind?
May I pray that u fall in love with me if only for a day?
May I talk to u if only for a lifetime?
May I write for u a poem and cherish every line?
Sweet Girl, May I?

Can I sing for you the song that never fades?
Can I ask u out on a picnic date
Can I hold u longingly in my heart late @ nite as I watch the velvet sky?
Can I wish you near the rush of the day while the sun shines from way up high?
Can I talk u for a walk in the park and watch the floating orchids by the river and have u home before its dark?

Can I stop thinking and do what I think?
Can I write u a love letter till my pen runs out of ink?
Can I mean what I say and say what I mean?
and Can U tell my friends ur the cause of my constant sheen?
Sweet Girl, Can I?

Can I watch u sleep then wake u up and take u on a countryside trip?
Can I souve myself ur lovely scarf and tell u stuff that just makes u laugh?
Can U allow me to steal some occasional glances
and feel a brutha when he makes his shy but daring advances?

Can I not wait till tomorrow but say what I have today?
and do today what I failed to say yesterday?
Can I sway u with just my nerve and a bit of style , make u smile and when I'm far its just my number that u dial?
Sweet Girl ,Can I?

Can I be the difference u've always longed for in a guy?
Can I make u testify
not all men are dogs (esp the one who's writting on this blog?)>>>>
and when I start feeling hot , like now,
Can U be the one who bursts my bubble ,with love, and graciously make me take the bow?
May I put all these in a vow
and without regard to when, what, why and how?
with the lovely stem of a rose
againist the backdrop of the august sunset drop to my one knee and propose?

Sweet Girl, Can I?

So let me need u and never want u!
Let me part of ur enchantment coming true!
Coz my heart tell me about u, just u, and only u!

For Love is the debt I owe
so kindly allow the seeds I sow
be the garden to which my commitment grows
So Sweet Girl May I ?, Can I?

....Your Answer now I Await...

-END-

DesTiNy!

I believe in Destiny
I believe in the beauty of its reality
The uniqueness of its serenity warms my heart
as my soul is encapsuled by its bounty
my mind wanders in its corridors
clinging to the images; those spell-binding images of Forever!


I trust in the path that leads to destiny
I surrender willingly to the God Given Precepts
That template He Guides me with can never be treated with contempt
For in its rays; destiny's rays
they shine and brights my face
How lovely is this place..
I can't help but lie therein dazed!


I know I will get there ...and soon
Time no more for malady and gloom
I enjoy every precious and present moment
I delight ; I bathe in its sweet smelling incense
How sweet has been my quest
a few tears, hurts here and there but i've passed the test
My journey : The pleasure and the pain
no matter what I count it all gain
For my destiny lies my purpose
and this is destiny..


-not the end-

TO BE KENYAN _ LEST WE FORGET

How pleasant it is for brothers to dwell in unity
said the famous psalmist and I wish...
for something went amiss
and now no one is at peace
Everything, Everywhere ..total unease
someone tell me please....

How did we break the bond?
Why are we reaping discord yet we never sowed the seeds?
Why are we giving ground for hate to breed?
weve come a long way to end to this.
Take a minute and entreat our beloved peace
surely were one..we have been one
Different tribes , Different clans
But one !

Look at the innocent blood soaking our land
Look at the fire razing down our houses ,our property
Look at the crude weapons we now hold in our hands
ready to slaughter one another on the alter of cheap politics
Look how foolishly we fell for these polluticians tricks...
Yet do they care?
Do they really have us in their minds?
For power , greed , Love for money make them blind
Beloved people we are not of their kind
WE BELONG TO KENYA
we take pride in being one
let us rekindle the love weve always shown one another
care for one another
Kikuyu Luo Kisii Kamba Luhya
Different ethnics but woven with the same fabric
Kenya..
Our fathers paid a heavy price
Let us not mock freedom with this lowly vice

Let us look beyond the dark clouds
Let us see the morning sun of hope
Let our diversity make us proud
Let every man , woman , boy and girl
every kenyan
dwell in unity
Peace and Liberty
and may plenty be found within our borders
for this is our righteous duty..
To Be Kenyan, Lest we Forget!

God Bless Kenya!


_END_

I REFUSE

I simply refuse to listen to you

You!

Dark, demeaning inner voice
always cropping up> often leaving me with little to rejoice
I refuse to hacken to your prompt
The darkness in your cave is enough blinding
It offers no peace, no comfort
I refuse to bow to your command
This time, just this time, Let me Stand
I need me to allow myself to now understand
I am better off without your advice
What advice is that? one that gives me no choice?
What do I call all this?

That if i am happy , then soon i'l get sad
If i am on my element, someone or something will then get me mad

If I fall in love , that I wont get me loved
If i am tall than I need put on some weight

If dark and lovely, then I need some lightening cream
That if loves leaves me, my life just been but a dream

if lonely , then am all alone
that joy kisses me once so often and in a moment its all gone

that i am a son of failure
and my hope will never mature

that if i sin, pray and repent than i wont be chastised

that when I can, then I cant
and when I could ,you stress I won't
and when i know , u still say I don't show
and all the more make me loose my glow...

....who are you?
speak for your lowly self now!
For that s who you are
How dare you? I refuse you!

I choose to loose your signal
you can bet me to tune to your rival
That sweet,loving voice thats truly gentle
The God"s voice
The comforter

For the comforter declares

He knew me while in my mother's womb
and even deeper to know the number of my hair
and when im in need, He's always there
when weak,He makes me strong
I call unto me, and hears me and undo my wrongs
He sticks closer than a brother
The strong tower I can run to and I am safe
By His stripes I am healed
when poor , He says that I am rich
That I am who He says I am
fearfully and wonderfully made
That He came to give me more life ...and abundantly
Even died, that I can live forever

..and you dare say that u are clever?

Now I know , Now I embrace
the Right voice
God's loving voice
Finaly something I cant worth loosing

But You.....
You dark,demeaning,esteem shattering,life consuming ,lonely ,shameful voice

You...

I refuse!


>END>

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WINNIEE...!!

Besides the beauty endowed by the streams of a river
flowing againist the morning sunshine..,
We very well know purity lies within.

Beyond the person we all see and know,
More than what meets the eye...,
I am honoured to know the
precious jewel you are,

The dime harboured deep inside
The Grace you adore your life with,
The Love you freely sprinkle around,
Joy you abudantly ,unto others , pour...
Friends, Acquintances,Strangers,..
To all

Indeed
As you begin a new chapter
in another bright birthyear,
I can only add that knowing you
and having you as a friend has been
and always will be something special..

May the Good Lord add to your bosom more blessings than you can contain,..

Happy birthday gal! ...

Mirror; Mirror!

Mirror, Mirror
You're truth couldn't be more clearer
The incoherent thoughts that dictate my mind
Sometimes , running to and fro
Then my hope subsides
The shattered image of me I see
Sometimes
over and over that my heart believes

Mirror, Mirror
Youre song couldn't be more sweeter
The tune to a melody seldom heard
Piercing my soul then leaves it tattered
The traces of which lie scattered
and again; my accustomed mental brocken record
plays again over

Mirror, Mirror
Cast your eyes off from me!
Cover sometimes your blatant honesty
can't you see my tragedy?
Reveal onto me the things I need only see
Can't you be a little more wiser?
My dear Mirror , Mirror?

Then again
That is your purpose
Telling me like it is

Mirror, Mirror
To me you could'nt be more dearer!


-END-

SeNd Mi a DrOp!

Send Me....
A drop of love
gently on my stilled ,empty heart
Then just watch...
carefully
as it spreads
Swiftly
arbsorbing the unjust loneliness
Just watch..
as it captures
Quickly
The tune to which it was meant for
Now watch...
as it fills
Completely
The hole that hurt dug in a huff

..AmaZinG

Just watch...what a drop from you can do
WoW!
Care to send me a drop of Love?
And Watch...
Slowly
A bucketfull being reurned for your share

-END-

THE MIND;THE SPIRIT & HOPE

The pavillions of my forlon fantasy
is shrouded by the darkness of a destiny ensnared!
The authenticity of my faith threatened by the selfishness
of my insatiable emotions.
Always seeking but never finding
Ever consuming but never fulfilling
Who cares for a flimsy pain?
To whose heart and love can my predicament
be tolerated and arbsorbed?
I am crusing towards the proverbial bruising

I need stop and learn
in more ways than one
A hope that basks in the serenity of a lavish future
waiting to be entrusted by a willing soul
Freely given;Freely taken
conditions this precious life 's treasure

Help me not waver
Pray I don't stutter
For my carnal mind fails my spirit's quest
To trust a God of possiblities
in my own "devised-world of Imposiiblities"
Like there's one!
For when troubles upon me assail
My God never fails!

I need then paint my mind anew
Keepo the belief pure and true
This Is It!

Special Blessings from Heaven in two thousand and seven

-End-

PRODIGAL SON OF LUCK!

You once told me that boundless optimism Is only for dreamers
Do my efforts evoke from you a compliment? Or just a wayward sentiment?
I’d cherish to warn the hearts of the your adoring kindred without the need to rub the magic ball with my nonchalant efficacy
…but Here I toil in your absence.
Searching for one bit if this life of mine that makes sense!
I’d wish you wouldn’t be to me so condescending with my chances that I bring to you in begging
But its up to me to interpret that the lull before the storm should be my guiding light to my way home
So I pray you receive me with open arms and make me shine more with your loving touch!

-END-

YoUNG roMan!

GOLDEN..

Poet Robert Frost once said,'nothing gold can stay'.

Robert Kuria defied logic because eternally inprints of life's simple but essentiall traits will be left for us to cherish.He wasnt someone to impress on first-impressions-type-of situations but to me he will be rememberd for the abudant love he showed towards his family i.e my family and for the countless things he taught me,surprisingly not through words but mere actions.Though without not his share of imperfections,it encourages me to know he died trying.... trying to maintain our & his pride,trying to hustle and most importanty,trying to love.

Robert John Philip Kuria
1946-2007

*short euology by David W. Kuria

SOMEBODY; ANYBODY

SOMEBODY; ANYBODY!

Who’s to deny the clamour?
A mind hallowed with mixed anger
no wonder my soul’s vexation of a deeper and painful proportion
The world in my mind crammed and peopled with creatures and desires of its own imagination.
Blanking the absurd reality which lacks form and direction
Perceivable in my own ideallyic way.

Somebody help me!
Anybody please!

The obscured light adds to my distress
Its pale –blue rays onto my eyes and path fail to impress
And now the silenced gloom wells up in my heart.
My lfe’s bearings squashed and scattered on the dump earth
My present split apart!
I graon into my future.Come!

Somebody help me!
Anybody please!

Clamp me; Hold me close to your loving bosom
Capture my tears in your gentle embrace
Blow the scales from my eyes and help me fathom
The meaning of a true friend!
The power of a simple prayer!
The love of an eternal God!

Somebody help me!
Anybody please!


-END-

EASTER LOVE POEM

EASTER’S LOVE NOTE!

The Source! Of the blinding lustre of the midnight stars
That declares its presence
The sheer dominance and the daring beauty!
Capturing the human heart ; old and young alike and mine in particular!
My eyes dwell, looking up and smile ..to these endearing white diamonds
which perch themselves across the warm April skies
as I enjoy the bond they share with the peeping moon…

who can deny that love fills my heart.
And my feelings for you sinks even deeper
And in the moment, my soul is sustained with the whisper in the breeze;
Caressing my face .your countenance I adore!
I close my eyes …yet you manage to steal my abiding teardrop;
Absorbing it in your earthly formed dust beneath my feet.
We connect!
I notice the warmth of your touch
I wish you close..
Yet you couldn’t be to me even more closer!

You’ve always been.
I don’t want to move!
I wish to stand here and share this forever….
Then my lips gently speaks
And my knees instantly grow weak
Yes! I’ve grown and I’m a man enough to say and understand
That now more than ever…..
“I love you”
“I truly fallen more in love with you today..”
As surely as the light is to the day
I pledge and pray
I’ll be yours till eternity gives up on its promise of being forever!
I surely can never deny
-pause-
I’ve fallen in love with you Jesus
Thank you for dying for me and giving me the gift of life and salvation!

-END-

the roman army!

Suprise!!!!!!!!!!..and dont you say "Yeah wareva"

people of the nation, my fellow artizens...forgive my silence!

my long, flattering and fruitful hiatus is now over and i welcome "where the h*ll have you been gifts", "i miss you a thao cash plus hugs", yeah and "arsenal till i die t-shirts"....ok also... as well as the invaluable april showers at my back yard...yaani hio jua imeongezewa taya mbili ama nini??

blogging resumes shortly.....