Good things also happen in Nairobi
Walking the streets of Nairobi One thing one learns when being in Africa is never to be rigid when you make plans! I came to Nairobi in November of last year. On my way to a fund raising safari walk up North country I arrived with a group of ladies and men at the hotel […]
A day in the life of nurse Rita in Samburu land, Kenya
A lesson in improvisation: On the bank of the dry river bed babies get immunization shots. I love the feeling of the small twin engine plane speeding up the airstrip at Nairobi Wilson airport, the noise that it makes when the engines are on full blast and the following lightness as the plane lifts off […]
Medical training in Kenya hospitals is showing promising results!
Pilot medical training programs sponsored by MEAK are a success in Nanyuki hospital. Back in 2011 MEAK Orthopedic team identified the need to improve the ability of medical practitioners to recognize the signs of deterioration in acutely ill patients in hospitals. A new initiative/ course was put together called GRASPIT ( Global Recognition of Acutely […]
The Lalela Project and Robin Rhode in Cape Town
The communal power of wall drawing: Robin Rhode engages the local children in a site-specific intervention I live in a city, New York, where art is too often discussed as a commodity. It saddens me because I have had the most moving experiences and insights into the human mind and spirit in front of paintings. […]
Rainbow Serpent: Romald Hazoume and the African Cosmos
Art and Survival On a Sunday afternoon I went to the Newark Museum to attend a talk by Romald Hazoumé on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, which explores the interactions of African cultural astronomy and the arts, traditional and contemporary. Hazoume’s Rainbow Serpent /Dan Ayido-Huedo is a large […]
“African Spirits” by artist Samuel Fosso
Collecting African contemporary photography. Three years ago I decided to put together a small collection of African contemporary photography. I am a collector at heart, I love the process of looking , getting to learn about the artists and the world they live in, understanding the particular issues being addressed in their art, following the […]
Bold Statements: Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté
Fabric as paint. With all the war news coming from Mali I thought it was timely to remember that Mali had a very active cultural scene. Last time I went which was for the Bamako Photography Biennale in 2011 I visitsd the studio of Abdoulaye Konate, a well- established artist in Mali whose works have […]
At BAM: THE SUIT, a play based on a story by South African Can Themba
A fresh twist to the revenge of a betrayed husband during the days of Apartheid My focus on creativity in Africa and the positive reviews of the play The Suit based on the short story by South African writer, Can Themba, made me overcome my reluctance to see yet again a story about a wife’s […]
Love in Africa
The Progress of Love at the Menil Collection, Houston I love this photograph of Malick Sedibe! Shortly after my return from Kenya I went to Houston for the opening of the exhibition Progress of Love at the Menil Collection. I had co-sponsored one of the video of the artist Zina Saro-Wiva on Kissing! Several […]
Step by Step in Samburuland
A Fundraising Trek for MEAK by Jane H.Furse. One day Layla, a little girl in northern Kenya, will wonder how she got her name. Her mother can tell her that back in November 2012, a woman from very far away gave it to her while on a medical mission. Beverly Orthwein, a board member […]
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