by Shel Arensen | Dec 10, 2012 | Shel Arensen
Some of the stories in Old Africa’s latest book – Endless Horizons by Mike Prettejohn – are mind-boggling. The author describes rescuing a schoolmate who fell into the crater at Longonot, he recounts being pummelled by a buffalo, he goes into great detail about a trip...
by Shel Arensen | Nov 27, 2012 | Shel Arensen
I reflected on my journalistic career recently and found out that I have been going backwards. My first assignment in Kenya in 1981 was to Kesho Publications in Kijabe. Kesho means tomorrow and was founded by my father and John Ndeti Somba and others in 1960 to...
by Shel Arensen | Nov 15, 2012 | Shel Arensen
Northrup – The Life of William Northrup McMillan is now available to purchase online. In the US it can be purchased for $15 at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com In Europe it is available for £9.50 on Amazon.co.uk Book details: Northrup is the story of a...
by Shel Arensen | Oct 31, 2012 | Shel Arensen
I just posted a poem about Africa and the memories one has after leaving the continent. It was posted on a facebook group called Kenyan friends reunited. We are wondering if any Old Africa readers or friends knows who wrote the poem. As I read it, it brought back...
by Shel Arensen | Oct 31, 2012 | Shel Arensen
I was born in Africa and its seasons shaped my soul.
I knew my place beneath the sun, the warm earth made me whole,
Those arching skies and brilliant stars fixed my position there,
That brooding space my boundary, the far horizons clear.
I belonged to Africa and...
by Shel Arensen | Jun 12, 2012 | Shel Arensen, Uncategorized
In our June-July issue of Old Africa we ran a short piece in our Mwishowe column about Conrad, a small boy born in Kenya in 1956 who died less than two years later. The story reflected the pain, shared by many, who have lost children while living in Africa. The story...
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