Africa Musings
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jul 04 2008 | By: admin
People in Kenya always surprise me with their talents.H ere are some photos that I hope you enjoy.
Shoes made from old vehicle tyres! they come in many styles and last forever.
Inventiveness starts at a very young age. This toy is just a jar lid connected to a stick and rolled along …
This metal work seems to specialise on giraffes. He may never have seen the animal in real life! I wonder who he sells to - but the herd has been growing every day!
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9 Responses to “Africa Musings”
sheryl, washington dc, on 05 Jul 2008
Those shoes could be handy keeping people out of your way, too.
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Jim from Mass USA, on 05 Jul 2008
See another inventive African at … http://www.afrigadget.com/2008/07/04/video-ultra-customized-rwandan-bicycle-taxi/
Annie, on 05 Jul 2008
Pretty cool……….very interesting shoes….kind of look like flip flops that we wear here in the US….amazing what people can create out of little resources!
Jim from Mass USA, on 05 Jul 2008
Your musings ring true … when I ask friends to come to WildlifeDirect.com, a lot say, “What ’s the point!”. They say things like why should I care if Africans don’t care about it … or the problem is too big … or what possible difference could my few bucks make! … when will the time come when good men and/or women can come together in a pan-African alliance to manage poverty, food, shelter; and wildlife and habitat. The same alliance would attack poaching and associated corruption across national borders. Such an alliiance could pool resources and mount a coastal navy! Who knows what good a lot of synergism could do. In such an alliance, I’d make job 1 sending Mugabe to hades!
Paula, on 06 Jul 2008
Hi Jim, I’m sorry to hear that about your friends. Of course Africans do care - I AM AN AFRICAN! I’ve worked for so many local groups that are working with extremely limited resources to save their natural environment, or to save revered sites, or species. The trouble in my mind, is that Africa is being pushed to make conservation pay - Mugabe’s mantra “if it pays it stays” is a wisdom that I’m surprised so many westerners support. Tourism will not pay to save wildlife everywhere and all the time - we need to raise awareness about what needs to be done. As a result indigenous respect and even spirituality for nature has been destroyed, and on top of it we often see foreign conservationists taking at us and it creates a non existent difference. Yes, we need to work together, we also need to celebrate the successes more prominently. Thanks for your comment.
Paula, on 06 Jul 2008
Another field of creativity is in names, check these Zimbabwean names out - I hope the make you smile
Never Chiku
Limited Chikafa
Silver Chigwenje
Method Mwanjali
Blessing Makunike
Danger Fourpence
Laughter Chilembe
Heavens Chinyama
Energy Murambadoro
Network Phiri
Airtime Banda
Nokia Mwanawasa
Basestation Aphili
and I met a lady called Wonderful and a guy called Obvious!
sheryl, washington dc, on 06 Jul 2008
Basestation? Hahahahaha! Of course, my relatives could tell you about some Appalachian names that defy common sense. My Dad grew up with a girl named “Broadcloth” and another named “Female” (her parents pronounced it “fee-mah-lee”). Yes indeed, we are hillbillys.
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Wim, on 06 Jul 2008
Paula’s point about the need to celebrate success LOUDLY is crucially important.
Jim from Mass USA, on 07 Jul 2008
Paula … I love you and all you do … BUT … I told you of perception, not reality. If you do a Google search for African Conservation groups, all you see, for the most part, are white faces! … Sabine had insightful thoughts about that … Hopefully your work, and that of WildlifeDirect, will change perception … we bloggers need to sing the praises for WildlifeDirect VERY LOUDLY !!!!! … PS: read my comments about an “in your face” WD t-shirt, PLEASE !!!!!
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