Karibu Kenya

Hello hello everyoneeeee!!!! I missed you all and blogging and the whole shenanigans. I apologize for being so MIA. Let me jist you what happened. So as part of my masters program here in San francisco, we get to do something called an action project instead of writing a boring old 100 page thesis, we work with a company for a month as consultants and I got assigned GE healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya. I was so excited and it was an amazing experience working with the GE Team. However, all work and no play makes me a dull kid so of course I played as hard as i worked.

First of all, I have to say that I really admire Kenyans as people, they are really nice, friendly not as aggressive as nigerians (sorry my naija people una too dey shout), very orderly and organized. I mean i saw people lining up for the bus (danfo-like buses which they call matato). It was overall an amazing experience. I learned a few new swahili words which got me by at least in being courteous and initiating conversations. They seemed to think I was Kenyan and were very surprised when I said I was Nigerian which I found funny.

I also got to visit the Maasai Mara village which is a big tourist attraction. I saw many people that flew from all over the world to see the wildlife, the wildebeest migration which happens to be a wonder of the world, not sure what number. We danced and talked with the Maasai people and I learned a lot about their culture. They were very pleasant people and very focused on using natural things all the way. They even built their houses with cow dung just as a way of depicting that they use natural things. Unfortunately, that invited a lot of flies but they did not seem to mind at all. They taught us how to make fire, showed us their houses, took pictures with us and we jumped with them as that is part of their tradition. This is not a food post so I would let the pictures speak for themselves.

Words I learned:

Karibu : Welcome

Habari : Hello

Sawa Sawa : Ok

Pole : Sorry

Simba: Lion

Asante : Thank You

Now you get a lesson in Swahili. Enjoy the pictures

Where the Maasai people cook

Getting ready for the migration

Asante Kenya!